New, Magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border region at the depth of 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) today.
USGS Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time • Universal Time (UTC): 20 Feb 2023 17:04:29
• Time near the Epicenter (1): 20 Feb 2023 19:04:29
Location 36.127N 36.006E
Depth 10 km
Distances
• 3.1 km (1.9 mi) WSW of Uzunba, Turkey
• 16.2 km (10.0 mi) WSW of Antakya, Turkey
• 32.0 km (19.8 mi) SW of Serinyol, Turkey
• 40.2 km (24.9 mi) W of Salqn, Syria
• 43.6 km (27.0 mi) SSW of Belen, Turkey
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 5.5 km; Vertical 1.8 km
Parameters Nph = 108; Dmin = 158.2 km; Rmss = 1.37 seconds; Gp = 27°
On February 6 magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, with Turkey’s death toll currently standing at 40,642, while neighboring Syria has reported more than 5,800 deaths. This is even greater than the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400 people.
The Turkey earthquake struck around 4:15 a.m. local time in south central Turkey near the Turkey/Syria border. Just 11 minutes later, it was followed by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. The largest aftershock at the time of writing was a M7.5 aftershock which struck 95 km (~60 miles) to the north. USGS observations and analyses indicate all these events are occurring within the East Anatolian fault system.
