Syria,Turkey earthquake tremors felt over 5,500 km away in Greenland

Turkey earthquake: At 4:17 a.m. (0117 GMT), a 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred close to the Turkish city of Gaziantep at a depth of roughly 17.9 kilometres (11 miles). According to the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, tremors from the strong earthquake that shook Turkey and neighbouring Syria on Monday were felt as far away as Greenland.Seismologist Tine Larsen told AFP that "the huge earthquakes in Turkey were definitely reported on the seismographs in Denmark and Greenland." The initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred at 4:17 a.m. (0117 GMT) near the city of Gaziantep in Turkey, which is home to nearly two million people, at a depth of around 17.9 kilometres (11 miles). The earthquake's waves made it to the seismograph on the Danish island.Seismologist Tine Larsen told AFP that "the huge earthquakes in Turkey were definitely reported on the seismographs in Denmark and Greenland." The initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred at 4:17 a.m. (0117 GMT) near the city of Gaziantep in Turkey, which is home to nearly two million people, at a depth of around 17.9 kilometres (11 miles). Five minutes after the shaking began, the earthquake's waves "reached the seismograph on the Danish island of Bornholm," according to Larsen. "Eight minutes after the earthquake, the shaking spread to Greenland's east coast and then all of Greenland," she continued.Later, a second earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit southeast Turkey. In Denmark and Greenland, "we have recorded both earthquakes and several aftershocks," the woman stated. Since a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in 1999, which killed more than 17,000 people, including approximately 1,000 in