Erdogan’s Türkiye has become a hotbed of earthquakes, 18 tremors are felt every hour

Turkey is once again troubled by earthquake after 2 years. Earthquake tremors are being felt continuously in many areas of the country. In the last 48 hours, 879 small and big tremors of earthquake have been felt in Turkey. On an average, 18 tremors are being felt in Turkey every hour. According to the local officials of Turkey, the first tremor of earthquake was felt on Sunday (August 10) in Balikesir province. At that time the intensity of the earthquake was recorded as 6.6. After this, about 879 tremors of earthquake have been felt.

120 tremors of 3-4 intensity were felt

According to Turkey Today, 120 tremors of earthquake of 3-4 intensity have been felt. At the same time, 17 tremors have been felt of 4-5 intensity. The epicenter of the earthquake is 11 km below the earth. Most of the tremors have been felt with less than 3 intensity.

The Home Ministry of Turkey has advised not to be afraid of earthquake. Also, people have been told to be cautious. The Turkish government has reported the death of only one person due to the earthquake. The government says that there are no other casualties.

However, 16 buildings in 68 villages have collapsed due to the earthquake. The government has arrested a contractor who built these buildings.

Why does Turkey get frequent earthquakes?

There are two main reasons for frequent earthquakes in Turkey. The first reason is that Turkey is located on the Anatolian plate, Eurasian plate and Arabian plate. If there is friction in any of the three plates, then earthquake tremors are felt in Turkey.

Currently 2 fault lines are active in Turkey. The first fault line among these is North Anatolian Fault and the second is East Anatolian Fault. Due to these two, frequent earthquake tremors are felt in Turkey.

13 major earthquakes in 85 years, 1.20 lakh deaths

A major earthquake tremor was felt in Türkiye in 1939. Officially 33 thousand people died in this earthquake. Since then, there have been about 13 major earthquakes in Turkey. According to the Turkish government, 1.20 lakh people have died in Turkey due to earthquake.

In 2023, the highest number of 50 thousand people died in Turkey due to earthquake. The Turkish government then focused on building construction.