An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 occurred in Malatya’s Ye\u015filyurt district. According to the first determinations, 1 person died and 69 people were injured in the earthquake, which was felt in many cities, especially in Malatya and Elazig.<\/p>\n
An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude occurred in Malatya Ye\u015filyurt at 12:04. AFAD declared the magnitude of the earthquake as 5.6. The earthquake was felt in Malatya as well as in surrounding provinces such as Kahramanmara\u015f, Gaziantep, Elaz\u0131\u011f, Ad\u0131yaman and \u015eanl\u0131urfa.<\/p>\n
Orhan Tatar, General Manager of AFAD Earthquake Risk Reduction, stated that one person lost his life, 69 people were injured, and 29 buildings were destroyed in the 5.6 earthquake in Malatya.<\/p>\n
About 1 hour after the earthquake, a citizen named Ali \u015eahingil was rescued alive from under the rubble with the work of the teams.<\/p>\n
Mehmet \u00c7\u0131nar, the mayor of Ye\u015filyurt district, the epicenter of the earthquake, said, \u201cAccording to the first information we received, we received the notice that 4-5 buildings were demolished. In \u015eeyh Bayram and \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu neighborhoods. Our hope is that there are no casualties,” he said.<\/p>\n
In the statement made on AFAD’s social media account, it was said, “As a result of the field scanning studies after the earthquake, it was determined that there were destroyed buildings, and our search and rescue teams were quickly dispatched to the region and started to work.”<\/p>\n
Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Director Prof. Dr. Haluk \u00d6zener made a statement regarding the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Malatya’s Ye\u015filyurt district. \u00d6zener said, \u201cWe pointed out that it is quite natural for them to be around 5.6 in size. This earthquake is one of them, an earthquake that happened around Malatya. There will be such earthquakes. We will unfortunately experience these earthquakes,\u201d he said, and continued as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cOur citizens should be vigilant and stay as calm as possible and stop before entering their damaged buildings. Unfortunately, we will experience these earthquakes. Our friends get details from the automatic analysis one after the other after each earthquake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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