A moderate earthquake struck the Black Sea on Sunday evening, prompting brief alarm among residents in Istanbul and neighboring provinces, Turkish authorities informed, APA reports citing Türkiye Today.
The tremor occurred at 7:44 p.m. local time and measured magnitude 3.7, according to AFAD, Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. The agency recorded the quake's depth at 13.57 kilometers beneath the seabed.
Kandilli Observatory, Türkiye's seismological research center, reported a slightly higher magnitude of 3.9 for the same event, with a depth of 11.2 kilometers. The discrepancy in measurements between the two institutions is common in earthquake monitoring.
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