Major aftershocks are still shaking Turkey. When will the quaking end?

Every earthquake gives rise to aftershocks, their strength relative to the magnitude of initial event

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February 23, 2023 at 1:45 p.m. EST
A man walks among collapsed buildings a day after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the region near the community of Samandag late Monday. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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Two weeks have passed since the initial catastrophic earthquakes left an enormous swath of Turkey and Syria in ruins and reduced high-rise apartment buildings to rubble, but the beleaguered region is still dealing with seemingly ceaseless aftershocks.

Renewed concern arose late Monday, when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake jarred southeastern Turkey near the community of Samandag. It’s the latest in a swarm of shudders that are shaking the ground at unpredictable — and alarming — intervals.