The Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced that the number of people who died in the earthquake in İzmir was 85.
In the statement made by AFAD, it was stated that after the 6.6 magnitude earthquake off Seferihisar on Friday, there were 1225 aftershocks, 43 of them over 4 magnitude.
The statement recorded:
“According to the information obtained from the Health Disaster Coordination Center (SAKOM), 85 citizens lost their lives. 774 of our 994 injured citizens were discharged, and 220 of our citizens are still being treated. Search and rescue are currently being carried out in 8 buildings in İzmir.”
In the meantime, in the post of the AFAD Earthquake Department on the Twitter account of “AFAD Earthquake”, the preliminary assessment report of the earthquake that took place off Seferihisar on October 30 was included.
In the report, “The earthquake occurred on the Samos Fault, about 30 kilometers long WNW-EDS trending, which borders Samos Island from the north. Aftershock distribution and focal mechanism solution support this finding.” It was said.
October 30 at 14:51 Turkey time occurred in the Aegean Sea and the epicenter of the earthquake of 6.6 magnitude which is 17.26 kilometers Seferihisar deficits, he reminds you that deep 16.54 kilometers.
In the report, which is reported to be 23.38 kilometers from Doğanbey Payamlı village, which is the closest settlement area of the earthquake, İzmir’s Seferihisar district, “1230 aftershocks with magnitudes varying between 1.0 and 5.1 were recorded during the period from the main shock to November 2, 12.54. . ” expression was used.
The apparent time of the earthquake, the report quoted as determined in 15.68 seconds, according to preliminary calculations, the nearest residential areas and city centers in Turkey also took part in the epicenter of the earthquake.
In the report, it was stated that the earthquake occurred on the Samos Fault, which is about 30 kilometers long west-northwest-east-southeast (WNW-SSE), which borders Samos Island from the north, and the aftershock distribution and focal mechanism solution support this finding.
The pre-evaluation report can be accessed at “https://deprem.afad.gov.tr/downloadDocument?id=2064”
