6.1 magnitude earthquake in Western Turkey

THE earthquake in Turkey it happened at 21:48 (Greece time) and according to the automatic solution of the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center it had a magnitude of 6.1.

The epicenter of the earthquake is located 8 kilometers from Sındırgı, Turkey.

The map of the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center shows the areas where the earthquake was felt, the focal depth of which was only 6 kilometers.

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The earthquake was particularly felt in Istanbul, in many regions of Turkey and also in the Aegean islands.

According to stonisi.gr the earthquake was particularly felt in the city of Mytilini and the villages of Lesvos as the epicenter is 173.2 kilometers east of Mytilini according to the data announced by the Seismology Laboratory of the University of Athens.

At least 7 smaller earthquakes followed in Turkey, in the next 10 minutes, with an intensity of 3.1 to 4.2 on the Richter scale…

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