The European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reports that an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in the east of Turkey.
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The earthquake occurred at 09:04 in time UTC (12:04 Moscow time). The epicenter of underground shocks was located 123 kilometers north-west of the city of Shanlyurf with a population of 449 thousand people and 16 kilometers southeast of the city of Malaya with a population of 441 thousand people. The hearth lay at a depth of two kilometers.
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Initially, it was reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.6, then it was increased to 5.8.
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Information was not received about victims and destruction.
Turkish seismologists from the Extraordinary Accidents (AFAD) appreciated the magnitude of 5.6, the hearth lay at a depth of 6.9 kilometers in the area of the city of Yeshiluurt of the province of Malaya.
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The underground shocks, followed by hundreds of Afterchoks, were felt in ten provinces of Turkey and neighboring countries, of which Syria was seriously injured – there the number of dead exceeded 1.4 thousand, almost 2.5 thousand were injured and injured.