Earthquake

The devastating earthquakes that hit 11 southern provinces in February last year have impacted the labor market and the manufacturing sector in those regions, according to a report by the Presidency of Strategy and Budget.

The earthquakes killed nearly 54,000 people in early February in 2023.

A weak earthquake was felt last night in Plovdiv.

The earth shook with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter scale, according to data from the seismological center of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

There are no reports of injured people or material damage.

Turkish provinces devastated by last year's earthquakes have seen a resurgence in their populations, says Atay Uslu, the head of the parliament's subcommittee on migration and adaptation.

Uslu revealed that regions that experienced rapid population decline post-earthquake have now begun to approach their former demographic levels.

The seismic gap extending to 130 kilometers in the Marmara Sea constitutes one of the main causes of the expected major earthquake, experts warned at a meeting held on the anniversary of the deadly Feb. 6 earthquakes that shook 11 southern provinces.

The devastating twin earthquakes in early February last year affected not only buildings but also the economy of southern Türkiye.

Before the earthquakes, Adıyaman's economy was based on two main pillars: Agriculture and livestock, and textile factories, which accounted for almost 90 percent of the city's industry. Food, construction and building materials were also produced.

Nektaria Stamouli, the deputy editor in chief of Kathimerini's English Edition and Politico's Eastern Mediterranean correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss a recent trip with a team of international journalists to southeast Turkey that looked into the ways last year's devastating earthquakes continue to impact Turkey and the region.

In the wake of the devastating earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş, volunteers and inhabitants of affected provinces strive to mend both the emotional and tangible wounds inflicted by the deadly tremors.

First lady Emine Erdoğan on Feb. 6 took to social media to remember those who lost their lives in last year's earthquakes on its first anniversary.

Erdoğan underlined the joint effort of the state and the nation since the early days after the devastating earthquakes has played a pivotal role in mending wounds and rebuilding cities, in a post on X.

Türkiye is experiencing profound grief and sorrow as it commemorates the loss of 53,537 lives and contemplates the widespread destruction that befell 11 southern cities on the first anniversary of the deadliest disaster in the nation's modern history.

It had a magnitude of 1.7 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake happened tonight at 1:17 p.m.
It was at a depth of 9 kilometers.