New Delhi: A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central Turkey region, ANI reported citing news reports from Reuters who have cited European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre in its report. This is the fourth such tremor shaking the central Asian country after the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey early Monday morning.
At least 100 aftershocks measuring 4.0 or greater on the Ritcher scale have occurred since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday morning local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. Hours later, a 7.5 magnitude temblor, likely triggered by the first, struck more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.
Authorities feared the death toll from Monday's pre-dawn earthquake and aftershocks would keep climbing as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across the region beset by Syria's 12-year civil war and refugee crisis. Survivors cried out for help from within mountains of debris as first responders contended with rain and snow.
