On Monday evening, Turkey experienced another natural disaster – in the province of Hatay, which was already affected by the earthquake, new strong tremors were recorded, resulting in destruction and human casualties. It is worth noting that this time the alarm also reached the resort of Antalya: tremors were felt in the main resort of Turkey, and the authorities officially warned tourists and residents to stay away from the coastline, fearing the threat of a tsunami. The warning lasted several hours. Turkish experts continue to fear that the next natural disaster may strike near the resort coast. However, on Tuesday morning, new earthquakes struck a little further from Antalya – in Syria and Iraq. However, all scientists agree that Antalya, and especially Istanbul, will face an unenviable fate – they will be destroyed.
“The Directorate for the Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters (AFAD) reported the second earthquake registered at 8:07 p.m. local time in the Turkish province of Hatay, with a magnitude of 5.8,” Turkish media reported. In this earlier magnitude was defined as 6.4. Local observers, including a correspondent of the CNN Türk TV channel, reported strong tremors and the presence of destruction. At the moment, it is known that 3 people died, and 213 were injured – this was reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey. Several more people died in neighboring Syria.
Let’s add one more warning signal: this time a natural disaster caused a warning for Antalya. Resort authorities have asked tourists and locals to stay away from the coastline after more earthquakes because of the risk of a tsunami following aftershocks in Turkey’s Hatay province. The warning “lasted” for several hours, after which the vice president of Turkey, Fuat Oktay, declared that there was no threat – the rise of water did not become critical.
So far, Antalya assures that tourists are not in danger. There was no panic at the resort, and Turkey hopes that all these circumstances will not prevent the start of the season.
Experts, however, do not give reassuring forecasts. So, recently, a seismologist, a member of the Academy of Sciences of Turkey, professor Naji Geryur, said that the Turkish province of Adana may be at risk – it should be noted that it is also located on the coast, it is practically “neighboring” the Gulf of Antalya. The risk is also significant for Cyprus. The expert explained that during an earthquake, energy is released at one end of the fault, but some of it accumulates and is transferred to the other end of the fault. He recalled that after the disasters in Kahramanmarash, experts declared a possible threat to Adan and Hatay. Geriur said he was waiting for an earthquake in Adana to “defuse” this tension. Cyprus may also be at risk.