23-04-2025
People Rush Out Of Their Homes As 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Istanbul
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The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2 and a shallow depth of 10 km, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Turkey earthquake: Several earthquakes hit Turkey's Istanbul – the largest with a magnitude of 6.2 on Wednesday, according to Turkey's emergency management agency.
There were no immediate reports of damage, but people evacuated buildings as the quake hit and shook the city, located on the European and Asian shores of the Bosphorus strait
The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2 and a shallow depth of 10 km, according to the United States Geological Survey. Its epicentre was some 40 km southwest of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara.
Meanwhile, broadcaster TGRT reported that one person had been injured as a result of jumping off a balcony during the quake, which occurred during a public holiday in Turkey.
Several videos of were shared on social media platforms where citizens took to the streets in panic after the tremors.
After the earthquake in Istanbul, citizens took to the streets in panic. #Deprem — Weather Monitor (@WeatherMonitors) April 23, 2025
The earthquake in the Sea of Marmara shook Istanbul.
In a post on X, Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said emergency authorities have begun 'field assessments" and offered well wishes to those affected.
AFAD warned people in the region against entering damaged buildings.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Feb 6, 2023 – and a second powerful tremor that came hours later – destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 southern and southeastern Turkish provinces, leaving more than 53,000 people dead. Another 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of neighbouring Syria.
(With inputs form agencies)
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