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Strong earthquake rocks Turkey-Syria border area


New, Magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border region at the depth of 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) today.

Preliminary Earthquake Report:

Magnitude 6.4

Date-Time • Universal Time (UTC): 20 Feb 2023 17:04:29
• Time near the Epicenter (1): 20 Feb 2023 19:04:29

Location 36.127N 36.006E

Depth 10 km

Distances

• 3.1 km (1.9 mi) WSW of Uzunba, Turkey
• 16.2 km (10.0 mi) WSW of Antakya, Turkey
• 32.0 km (19.8 mi) SW of Serinyol, Turkey
• 40.2 km (24.9 mi) W of Salqn, Syria
• 43.6 km (27.0 mi) SSW of Belen, Turkey

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 5.5 km; Vertical 1.8 km

Parameters Nph = 108; Dmin = 158.2 km; Rmss = 1.37 seconds; Gp = 27°





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