Istanbul: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck Turkey’s eastern region on Wednesday. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake took place at around 10.46am local time. The quake was at a depth of 9 km below the earth.
As per the EMSC, the tremors were felt over 400km by approximately 53 million people in Turkey, Syrian Arab Republic, Georgia, Iraq and Lebanon.
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Turkey is in one of the world’s most active earthquake zones. The country’s last 7.8-magnitude tremor was in 1939, when 33,000 died in the eastern Erzincan province. The Turkish region of Duzce suffered a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in 1999, when more than 17,000 people died.
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