Massive 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Turkey | Turkey Earthquake Footage | English News LIVE

Massive 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Turkey | Turkey Earthquake Footage | English News LIVE

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central Turkey on early Monday (February 6) at a depth of 10 km, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) pegged the quake at 7.4 near the southern city of Kahramanmaras.

There was damage to buildings and people were gathered out on snowy streets, according to images on state broadcaster TRT.

The earthquake lasted about a minute and shattered windows, according to a Reuters witness.

The area is regularly hit by strong earthquakes.
A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale hits 26 km E of Nurdagi in Turkey on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake centred in Turkey took place around 01:17:35 (UTC) at a depth of 17.9 km.

According to USGS, the latitude and longitude of the earthquake were found to be 37.174°N and 37.032°E respectively. Nurdagi, where the quake was reported is a district and city of Gaziantep Province of Turkey.

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