An earthquake occurred in Turkey.

An earthquake of magnitude 5 occurred in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş in the southeast of the country, authorities said. 

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The disaster management authority (AFAD) said the magnitude 5 tremor occurred around 09.31 local time and was located at a depth of about 7 kilometers near the city of Evry and 50 kilometers from the city of Gaziantep, with a population of more than 1.5 million people.

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The department noted that no negative consequences from the disaster have yet been recorded.

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Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 occurred in Kahramanmaraş province on February 6, 2023, nine hours apart. The Turkish authorities called the earthquakes “the disaster of the century”; more than 53 thousand people became victims of the earthquakes, and more than 107 thousand were injured.