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On 6 February 2023, a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck the southern and central Türkiye and northern and western Syria It occurred 32.4 km (20.1 mi) west–northwest of Gaziantep at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC), with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).
It was followed by a Magnitude 7.7 earthquake nine hours later, centered 95 km (59 mi) to the north–northeast from the first, in Kahramanmara? Province.
There was widespread damage and tens of thousands of fatalities.
The first earthquake was the strongest earthquake in Türkiye since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, of the same magnitude, together with which it is the second-strongest in the history of the country after the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake. It was also one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the Levant. It was felt as far as Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, and the Black Sea coast of Türkiye.