4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Nineveh
Richter magnitude scale. Photo: AFP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Nineveh governorate in northern Iraq on Wednesday morning, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology.
The Seismology Department of the Ministry of Transport mentioned in the statement that the seismic observatories recorded an earthquake on Wednesday morning, February 22, 2023, at 10:09 local time, 39 kilometers southwest of Al-Hadar district in Nineveh governorate, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.
The statement confirmed that the earthquake was felt by the citizens in the area, and emphasized that no losses were reported.
A devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6. The aftershocks of the earthquake reached other countries in the region, and were felt by residents in Lebanon and Iraq.
The earthquake in Turkey and Syria caused severe damage to thousands of buildings, including schools, health care facilities and other public infrastructure such as roads, airports, ports, gas stations and power networks, and hundreds of aftershocks were recorded.