Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one ...

The Turkish metropolis Istanbul was shaken by an earthquake and several aftershocks ... and they will leave Turkey later that day.

A magnitude of 6.2 earthquake shook western Turkey on Wednesday (April 23), Turkey's AFAD disaster agency said, sending people rushing into the street for safety.

Turkey is crossed by two major fault lines, and earthquakes are frequent. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Feb. 6, 2023, and a second powerful tremor hours later, destroyed or damaged hundreds of ...

map said it shook cities as far away ... closed following the initial quake and its aftershocks. Turkey is a particularly active earthquake zone, sitting at the junction of three tectonic plates ...

Istanbul — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul on Wednesday, Turkey's disaster and emergency management agency said. There were no reports of serious damage or major ...

No deaths were reported after the magnitude-6.2 tremor, which rattled nerves in the wake of Turkey’s disastrous 2023 quake. By Safak Timur and Erika Solomon Safak Timur reported from Istanbul ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of earthquakes.