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Powerful earthquake hits Turkey and Cyprus on December 22
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A powerful earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale struck the Mediterranean region on December 22 2009.
According to Turkish authorities cited by Dnevnik daily, the epicentre of the tremor was triangulated in the sea between Cyprus and southern Turkish coastline.
Reportedly, the effect from the strong jolt was felt in towns of the Antalya province at 08.06am Bulgarian time. There were reports of damage to property and possibly infrastructure, although there was no information of casualties as of yet. However, Dnevnik daily said that the quake caused a "significant degree of alarm amongst the local population."
It was unclear to what extend Cyprus had been affected, although the semi-official Anatolia news agency said the quake was felt in the entire area.
The earthquake's epicentre was about 30km below the surface of the sea and the quake lasted more than 10 seconds. Tremors are frequent in Turkey as the country is perched on active fault lines.
According to Turkish authorities cited by Dnevnik daily, the epicentre of the tremor was triangulated in the sea between Cyprus and southern Turkish coastline.
Reportedly, the effect from the strong jolt was felt in towns of the Antalya province at 08.06am Bulgarian time. There were reports of damage to property and possibly infrastructure, although there was no information of casualties as of yet. However, Dnevnik daily said that the quake caused a "significant degree of alarm amongst the local population."
It was unclear to what extend Cyprus had been affected, although the semi-official Anatolia news agency said the quake was felt in the entire area.
The earthquake's epicentre was about 30km below the surface of the sea and the quake lasted more than 10 seconds. Tremors are frequent in Turkey as the country is perched on active fault lines.
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Sorry Estella think you have got your bearings wrong you can't see Cyprus from your house the mountains are in the way!!!!what you can see is Kas and Kalkan
hello bulgarian englishman,do you know what after the quake i had to go for a drink,that was good.happy new year to you
Dave, I couldnt agree more with you! Earthquakes over 3.5 are not pleasant and I dont particularly relish a 5.4. Nothing to feel gigly about!
what you lot got to say about that
its all right you lot saying it was nothing to worry about it was my 1st time in a quake,and did not like the building shakeing,slightly of putting
i was there and it was not pleasant,iwas already up and i ran out of yhe hotel,but there was no damage and no one was hurt.i was staying in a place called mahmutlar
The Earthquake under the sea was close to 1stEden, Cyprus
I wonder if it has metaphor to enlarged things and events on many levels that appear to be occuring?
I felt here in Lefkosia/Cyprus
By the way,this might be an interesting link about earthquakes.
http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/scripts/lst9.asp
I'm Yokie from Alanya.Didn't panic me at all...it was a mild quake...my friend and me were kind of giggly about it.I thought somebody tried to get me out of bed and shaked my bed.But this 1 was not scary.I have been in Istanbul at the time of the BIG 1...THAT was scaring.
i am Roofy Shah from Karachi, PAKISTAN i was in my office at 4:52 pm ....
it was 4 am in the morning(Philippines) and i am STILL SURFING the net, while my sister is changing for the Night Mass.
Everybody in the house got awake!
Didn't panic me and didn't even wake up my husband. We are in Gazipaşa which is on the coast and in fine weather we can see Cyprus so presumably across the epicentre.