The report stated that individuals in Diyarbakir fled their houses in fear, and AFAD added, “Our teams are on alert and field scanning operations are ongoing.”

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck many areas of Syria and Turkey on Wednesday morning.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) made this announcement, stating that although there have been no confirmed injuries, the country’s Malatya region was rocked by an earthquake on Wednesday morning.

Elazig, Malatya, and Diyarbakir all felt it, according to Haber Turk television.

The report stated that individuals in Diyarbakir fled their houses in fear, and AFAD added, “Our teams are on alert and field scanning operations are ongoing.”

The provinces of Hasakah, Deir Al Zor, and Aleppo reported feeling the earthquake, according to Syria’s official news agency.

The earthquake was located 5.6 miles below the surface of the earth, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

After the initial earthquake, AFAD sent an update on X, which was once Twitter, for terrified residents.

The report stated that four people had been rescued from a partially damaged building in Elazığ region, and that 374 reports had been received to the 112 Emergency Call Centre as a result of the earthquake.

Nevertheless, a rockfall happened in the Pötürge and Kale districts of Malatya province, and three structures in total were left damaged in the provinces of Malatya, Şanlıurfa, and Elazığ.

Three buildings had “partially collapsed” in three different locations, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya revealed on X, and the emergency services had received several dozen calls for assistance.

Social media users have posted footage of trembling workplaces and office buildings, showing individuals running out of rooms that appear to be about to collapse.

With a minimal chance of mortality, the USGS issued a Green notice for shaking-related deaths.

Economic losses have prompted the issuance of a Yellow notice, meaning that some harm may occur but that it should mostly affect a small area.

It follows a terrible earthquake that occurred in Turkey and Syria within a 12-hour period of time last year.

The first earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.8, occurred in southeast Turkey, close to the Syrian border, while the second one occurred in central Turkey, four kilometres outside of Ekinozu.

This earthquake was as strong as the strongest ever recorded in 1939 and the most catastrophic to strike Turkey, an earthquake prone region, in over two decades.

According to the US Geological Survey at the time, it hit around 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of roughly 11 miles.

After around ten minutes, a powerful aftershock measuring 6.7 rumbled, wreaking further destruction.

Forty aftershocks were reported, according to Turkey’s own agency.

Numerous individuals were killed by the earthquake in seven different Turkish regions, according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Service.

A few weeks later, on February 20, the area was struck by yet another powerful earthquake with a Richter scale value of 6.3M.

It is believed that the earthquakes claimed the lives of about 55,000 people, while many more were injured and forced to flee their homes.