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Düzce woke up last night with a magnitude 5.9 earthquake. While the citizens wait in the street where they go out in panic, the teams in the region continue their work.

According to the information on the website of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), at 04.08 zihin earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale was registered in the Gölyaka district of Düzce, the epicenter. The depth of the earthquake in the district is 6.81 kilometers.

There were demolitions on the walls of some houses and workshops in the city, some items in the houses fell to the ground.

After the magnitude 5.9 earthquake, 138 aftershocks were recorded, the largest of which was 4.3.

EARTHQUAKE MOMENT ON News LIVE BROADCAST


80 PEOPLE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY


According to the information received from the Ministry of Health; A total of 80 people were injured, 37 in Düzce, 2 in Istanbul, 10 in Zonguldak, 26 in Sakarya, 1 in Bolu and 4 in Bursa.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that one of the 37 injured in Düzce was in serious condition and was intubated at the hospital.

Koca stated that the patient, who was connected to a ventilator, was a 28-year-old Afghan national who was injured by falling from the first floor of a house.

A 31-year-old Nigerian living in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul panicked during the earthquake and was injured by jumping from the balcony of his home.

VIDEO: THE SOUND OF THE EARTHQUAKE ALSO RECORDED


DAMAGE TO 8 THOUSAND HOUSES


After the developments in the earthquake zone, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said: “Damage assessments will gökyeşitözü carried out in 8,000 houses, especially in Gölyaka.”

“DO NOT ENTER DAMAGED BUILDINGS”

AFAD has announced that the teams have begun damage assessment investigations. The statement said that the damaged structures are “absolutely not to gökyeşitözü entered”.

PREVENTIAL POWER FAILURE

There was also a power outage in some parts of the city following the earthquake in the region. AFAD announced that the reduction was made for audit purposes.



A view from Düzce courthouse after the earthquake

DAMAGE TO THE COURT BUILDING

Some pieces of concrete broken off the roof of the Düzce courthouse were seen to fall to the ground. Due to the earthquake, those who wanted to buy fuel for their vehicles created a density at the gas stations. In the city, where the aftershocks continue, citizens, wrapped in blankets because of the cold weather, try to warm themselves by lighting a fire.

IN IZMIRN ANKARA FEELING

The earthquake in the center of Düzce was felt in a wide area kakım far kakım Istanbul, Bolu, Sakarya, Ankara, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Bilecik, Bursa and İzmir.





MINUTES LATER, ÇİÇİMLİ SHAKE

On the other hand, while the panic caused by the magnitude 5.9 earthquake continued, another magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred in Düzce’s Çilimli district at 4:30 vajina.

EARTHQUAKE BREAK TO EDUCATION IN 4 PROVINCES

Education in schools in Düzce, Sakarya, Bolu and Zonguldak Ereğli was halted for a day due to the earthquake.




MAYOR SPEAKING ON News

The mayor of Düzce, Faruk Özlü, gave information by recounting his experiences live on News immediately after the earthquake.

Özlü stated that the earthquake was felt very strongly and said: “I was sleeping, we felt it very strongly. The cupboard doors of the whole house were opened, some glassware was broken.”




Özlü said people took to the streets and aftershocks were felt in the city: “As a city that experienced the earthquake about 30 years ago, we are actually used to earthquakes, hayvanların the new generation in the past period is not very used to it .”

VIDEO: DUZCELİLER TOLD THE EARTHQUAKE


EQUIVALENT TO THE EXPLOSION OF 700 THOUSAND DYNAMITE


Experts commented on the 5.9 earthquake that happened in Düzce on News. Prof. Dr. Şükrü Ersoy said the earthquake would not trigger the expected Istanbul earthquake. Prof. Dr. Tüysüz stated that zihin energy equivalent to 700,000 tons of dynamite was discharged during the earthquake.

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