Türkiye earthquake: external situation report no.5: 13–19 March 2023

Overview

On 6 February 2023 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 04:17 local time with its epicentre located in the Pazarcık district in Kahramanmaraş province, Türkiye. This is the highest magnitude earthquake recorded in Türkiye since 1939 and was followed by around 5700 aftershocks. Combined, the earthquakes have affected an area of about 400 km2 including the large Turkish industrial cities of Adana and Gaziantep and the surrounding cities of Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Kilis and Malatya.