Since the earthquakes last week, there have been approximately 4,700 aftershocks, or one every four minutes, according to Orhan Tatar, general director of earthquake and risk reduction at the nation’s disaster agency.
“Most of these aftershocks are palpable,” Tatar said, adding that about 40 of them were above magnitude 4.
He also said that magnitude-5 tremors may occur in the coming days.
