Today Powerful M6. 1 Earthquake Rocks Turkey Malatya

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6. 1 has rocked eastern Turkey and Syria, according to the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. Turkey s Malatya province was shaken by the quake on Wednesday morning, with tremors felt in the cities of Diyarbakir, Elazig and Malatya. Syria s state news agency says the earthquake was felt in the provinces of Hasakah, Deir Al Zor and Aleppo. Todays M6. 1 quake occurred in a region where the February 6, 2023, earthquake sequence devastated Turkey and Syria, severely damaging more than 160 000 buildings. The earlier sequence included magnitude 7. 8 and 7. 5 earthquakes, leading to a 300 km (186 miles) surface rupture and widespread destruction across urban and rural areas. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake was at a depth of 9km (5. 6 miles) below the earth.