An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked the Yesilyurt town of Malatya province in central Turkiye.

A statement issued by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD) said that the tremor occurred at a depth of 7 km.

On Feb. 6, two earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6, followed by thousands of violent aftershocks, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving huge material damage.

Source: Qatar News Agency