An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck the city of Antalya on Monday, a metropolitan city in southern Turkey at moderate seismic risk where earthquakes of this intensity are not common. The event was confirmed by the governor of the province in a statement indicating that, “according to initial reports, no adverse incidents have been recorded”, although inspection work continues on the ground.
As reported by the Turkish daily Hürriyet citing data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD), a 4.9 magnitude tremor with an epicentre in the Serik district – just outside the city of Antalya, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast – struck at 13:21 local time (11:21 CET) at a depth of 28.25 kilometres.
The Kandilli Seismological Observatory in Istanbul, however, said the epicentre of the quake was located in the Aksu district, with a magnitude of 5.2 and a depth of 95.2 kilometres, while the prestigious United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated the intensity of the quake at 5.1, placing the epicentre at a depth of 113.2 kilometres.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media that “AFAD and all the teams of our competent institutions are continuing their inspections of the ground… I send my best wishes to our citizens and the people of Türkiye. I send my best wishes to our citizens affected by the earthquake. May God protect our country and our nation from disasters“. Following the quake, AFAD confirmed that “no negative situations” had been detected in the aftermath of the quake.
An earthquake expert, Turkish professor Süleyman Pampal, told CNN’s TÜRK that while earthquakes of this intensity with an epicentre around the city of Antalya are not common, “this type of earthquake occurs occasionally in this region. The main source of destructive earthquakes for Antalya comes from within the Mediterranean Sea. Antalya is not free of earthquakes, but they are not the type to cause panic. There will be aftershocks, but they will be minor: a magnitude 3 or 4 tremor is possible”.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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