Syrian rescue teams carry a casualty picked up from the rubble after an earthquake in the government-controlled central Syrian city of Hama on February 6, 2023. - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on February 6, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
Baghdad and Amman: Many cities in Iraq and Jordan were subjected to a series of tremors, following the aftershocks of an earthquake that struck Turkey and northern Syria on Monday at dawn.
The Iraq Seismic Network explained that the governorates of Baghdad, Erbil and Duhok were subjected to tremors that were felt by the residents in those area, pointing out that the tremors are aftershock of the earthquake that struck Turkey and northern Syria. No casualties or material losses have been reported as a result of these tremors, the network added.
In a related context, Director of Jordanian Seismological Observatory Ghassan Suwaidan affirmed that the Jordanian seismic devices detected 11 aftershocks, confirming that these tremors were not felt by the residents of Jordan.
Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD) announced earlier on Monday that an earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Kahramanmaras city, south of Turkey, followed by another quake measuring 6.5 that hit Gaziantep city, noting that many Turkish cities close to Iraq were affected by it.
The earthquake was felt in Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian territories, Greece, Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia and some areas in Egypt.
