Sismologist for earthquake in Turkey: It lasted 100 seconds, there could be thousands of afternoons.

Speaking to Sky News just before the second quake struck, Stephen Hicks, of the University College London, explained that 11 minutes after the 7.8 magnitude quake this morning, a wake - up of just one unit with less magnitude was recorded.

He said the most powerful blasts usually come first, but added that no one could fully exclude “for another of similar sizes to hit again.

He said there is also a very small <x0shans to have another earthquake greater than the main hit”.

“We cannot completely exclude this,” went on, Mr. Hicks.

“There will be tens and thousands of follow-ups that will still take place in the coming weeks or months, but they will gradually decrease over time. ”

Hicks added that there is no way to predict exactly when an earthquake will occur, and this was the worst “ ”, which lasted about 100 seconds and travelled about 400km at the time.

The “is a very shallow earthquake under a very populated area and in a region where buildings simply cannot withstand this level of impact,” he said.

When we talk about such large earthquakes, the epidera is not a single point. In fact, it exploded through a hole of about 400km. ”