Locals And Tourists Flee As Huge 6.2 Magnitude Quake Hits Turkey

<h4>Locals And Tourists Flee<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a huge earthquake has struck a popular tourist destination for Brits as &&num;8220&semi;terrified&&num;8221&semi; locals were seen fleeing for safety&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The magnitude 6&period;2 tremor has shaken Istanbul&comma; Turkey’s emergency management agency confirmed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buildings shook and tourists and locals alike were seen visibly distressed by the quake in alarming footage posted online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A news anchor could be seen looking frightened as the studio of CNN Turkey rocked live on air during the earthquake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One local said the <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;terrifying&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>quake has triggered a number of aftershocks&comma; writing on X&colon; <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;It was the strongest I’ve ever felt and honestly it was terrifying&period; Even now there are still small aftershocks&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Things keep shaking every now and then&period; Stay safe everyone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Just felt my building shake for like 30 seconds&period; Earthquake in Istanbul&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m on the 17th floor&&num;8221&semi;&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> said another horrified resident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The earthquake had a magnitude of 6&period;2 and a shallow depth of 10 kilometres&comma; according to the United States Geological Survey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One eyewitness added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Earthquake struck Istanbul today at 12&colon;40pm&comma; I was in Hotel Istanbul 5th Floor&period; Building was dancing for some seconds&period;&&num;8221&semi; One startled resident said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Just experienced an earthquake in Istanbul&comma; luckily we are ok but that sh&ast;t was scary asf&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Its epicentre was some 40 kilometres &lpar;25 miles&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mirror&period;co&period;uk&sol;">southwest of Istanbul<&sol;a> in the Sea of Marmara&period; It was felt in several neighbouring regions&period; There are no reported injuries at this time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The quake struck at 12&colon;49 p&period;m&period; during a public holiday when many children were out of school and celebrating in the streets&period; The quake forced authorities in Istanbul to cancel the events&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chefs were also spotted making calls to their family and friends after evacuating their workplace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&&num;8216&semi;No serious cases&&num;8217&semi; but buildings &&num;8216&semi;at risk&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality said there were no &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>serious cases”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>in the earthquake in a statement made on its social media accounts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kemal Cebi&comma; the mayor of Kucukcekmece district in western Istanbul&comma; told local broadcaster NTV that there were <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no negative developments yet”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> but he reported that there were traffic jams and that many buildings were already at risk due to the density of the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One tourist was in Hotel Istanbul when their building started to shake&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;One user said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Earthquake struck Istanbul today at 12&colon;40pm&comma; I was in Hotel Istanbul 5th Floor&period; Building was dancing for some seconds&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One terrified resident&comma; who was on the 17th floor&comma; took to social media to say they felt their floor shake after the earthquake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Just felt my building shake for like 30 seconds&period; Earthquake in Istanbul&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m on the 17th floor&&num;8221&semi;&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> said one terrified resident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Turkey&&num;8217&semi;s emergency management agency&comma; the epicentre was just off the Silivri&comma; a coastal area known for its seismic activity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20672" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20672" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-20672" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;Edogan-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Locals And Tourists Flee As Huge 6&period;2 Magnitude Quake Hits Turkey" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20672" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an of Turkey<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;