The aftershocks are continuing today after the powerful 6.2 -magnitude Richter earthquake that hit the noon yesterday Constantinople. A 4.1 -magnitude aftershock was felt at 7:21 this morning. Over 185 aftershocks have been noted so far ranging from 4 to 5 Richter. According to the Turkish Minister of Health, 236 have reached the injured, 173 of whom are in Constantinople. Many were injured by jumping from panic buildings. The Prefecture of Istanbul has announced that there were no buildings.

The Constantinople spent the night in the countryside as the Prefecture of Constantinople had announced yesterday that “the courtyards of our schools, gyms and mosques have opened to use citizens who do not want to spend the night in their homes.”

The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan He arrived in Constantinople today and had a meeting early in the morning with competent ministers and officials at the Center for Natural Disaster and Emergency Response (AFAD). The deputy mayor of Constantinople while the former mayor Imamoglou is in prison. In a post in his account, the Turkish President said: “As a state, we will continue to remain on alert 24 hours a day with all our units and work for our nation. May God protect our country and our nation from all sorts of disasters, calamities, accidents and problems. “

In the meantime, Turkish media are detailed in the risk of an impending major earthquake. Turkish seismologists predict that seismic activity in the area will continue for 2-3 years and consider it very likely to cause a tsunami at the Marmara Sea that will reach 3 meters. The leading Turkish seismologist Nachi Gerreir He stressed that yesterday’s 6.2 Richter earthquake was not the expected major earthquake in Constantinople. The real earthquake, he said, will be over 7 Richter. Giorur recommended that precautions be taken as long as there is no earthquake. “First, the government, then the municipality and the people have to work hand in hand to prepare the city. Urban transformation does not mean construction of buildings. An anti -seismic city is something completely different, “said Professor Naji Giorur, who has often criticized the authorities for a lack of proper planning to deal with major earthquakes such as Nicomedia in 1999 and Hatay in 2023.