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A powerful earthquake shook Turkey's biggest city Istanbul on April 23, 2025 but caused no major damage, authorities said.
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ANKARA, April 27. /TASS/. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit eastern Turkey, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. According to the EMSC, the epicenter was located 44 kilometers ...
A new earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Istanbul today, Turkey’s disaster management agency said. Several ...
The series of earthquakes continued in Istanbul today, with Turkey’s disaster agency AFAD reporting about 300 aftershocks, one of which was a magnitude 4.6. Since yesterday’s major quake, which had a ...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara on Wednesday, April 23, causing buildings ...
Numerous videos purporting to show the moment Istanbul was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake are circulating online.
Many assembly points in the city are small spaces like open lots next to apartment buildings or schoolyards, and are only ...
More than a thousand people in Istanbul turned to mosques, schools and other temporary shelters on Thursday after a strong ...
Ali Yerlikaya noted that "no people were killed in the earthquake," and "no one was injured due to the tremors," meaning that people were hurt because of panic and recklessness ...