Turkish emergency: Earth's crust moved 7.3 meters due to earthquake

Al-Anbat -Noor Almasri

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Department (AFAD) announced that the Earth's crust was moved by 7.3 meters due to the kahramanmaraş province  earthquake. 

According to (Anadolu), at a press conference held Wednesday in the capital Ankara, director of earthquake risk reduction in AFAD, Orhan Tatar, said: " The earth’s crust shook violently for two minutes during the two earthquakes, and the depth of these two earthquakes ranged between 8.5 and 10 kilometers below the the surface of the earth."He pointed out that the double earthquake hit a large area of Turkey, which is larger than the area of many countries in the world.