AFAD: Earthquakes in Turkiye were followed by over 2,000 aftershocks

Over 2,000 aftershocks occurred and continue to occur in southeastern Turkiye following the devastating earthquakes that claimed over 20,000 lives, Orhan Tatar, General Director of Earthquake and Risk Reduction at AFAD, said during a briefing.

Report informs via Milliyet that he said the majority of these aftershocks were of magnitude above 4.

He also noted that these earthquakes can be compared to the explosion of 500 nuclear bombs for its consequences.

Earthquakes of magnitudes 7.7 and 7.6 rocked Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkiye with an interval of 9 hours on February 6. The tremors followed by hundreds of aftershocks were felt in 10 provinces of the country and neighboring states.