Successive quakes hit different regions since the beginning of 2023, claiming human and material losses.
In addition to Turkey’s earthquake, a 6.2-magnitude quake struck remote New Britain in Papua New Guinea on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey, but no tsunami warning was issued.
A 6.8 magnitude quake rocked Tajikistan on Feb.23, near China’s far western Xinjiang region leaving no casualties or damage.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Feb.23 that an earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hit Salta, in Argentina.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), a 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted, Monday, Wensu County in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. No casualties or property losses have been reported.