On Saturday, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority announced that more than 2,000 aftershocks had been recorded since the devastating earthquake occurred at dawn last Monday, which had a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale and led to the death of more than 28,000 people in several provinces in southern Turkey and other areas in northwestern Syria.
Although about a week has passed since the devastating Kahramanmaraş earthquake occurred, yet the aftershocks of this earthquake are still continuing, as the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center announced that 70 earthquakes were recorded in Turkey only on Saturday, with intensity ranging between 3 and 4.7 degrees on the Richter scale.
This raises questions about what these tremors are, how dangerous they are, and how long they last?
Aftershocks are called "aftershocks," or subsequent small quakes, and as scientists from the US Geological Survey explain, they happen as a result of tectonic plates trying to snap back into place along a fault line after a more powerful earthquake.
These tremors may continue for days, months, or even years from the date of the first, most severe earthquake.
It is less than the first earthquake and its intensity gradually decreases.
According to scientists, the intensity of these tremors varies with the passage of time, so they are strong during the first forty-eight hours after the first earthquake, but they always occur in lesser degrees than it, and then continue to decrease in intensity to varying degrees.
But does this mean that the degree of aftershocks has decreased and that the danger has passed? According to the warnings of many geological survey agencies in the world, the danger of these aftershocks lies in the fact that they may cause the collapse of what happened and the crack of the first earthquake from the buildings that withstood at the time. Therefore, according to scientists, it is necessary not to venture back to Any building only after evaluating its condition by specialists.