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Turkish provinces devastated by last year's earthquakes have seen a resurgence in their populations, says Atay Uslu, the head of the parliament's subcommittee on migration and adaptation.

Uslu revealed that regions that experienced rapid population decline post-earthquake have now begun to approach their former demographic levels.

In line with the efforts to prepare the Marmara region against a massive earthquake scientists have long warned about, a center has been established to generate data and conduct detailed studies on the dangers and risks posed by active faults in the region.

In a seismic event that rattled the border region between Kyrgyzstan and China's Xinjiang province, a formidable 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck, leaving behind a trail of injuries and significant structural damages. The quake commenced at 02:09 local time, impacting a mountainous expanse in Xinjiang, with the seismic waves felt across the border in Kyrgyzstan.

A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, warning of potentially widespread damage though no casualties have been reported.

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake has hit east of Evia, Greece's second largest island, shaking the capital Athens, southwest of the tremor's epicenter.

The tremor was felt at 4.15 p.m. local time.

The Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics announced on its website that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.

A moderate earthquake rattled the eastern Peloponnese and parts of the Greek capital on Tuesday morning, with initial estimates putting its magnitude at 4.8 on the Richter scale.

According to the National Observatory of Athens, the quake struck off the coast of Leondio in the northeastern Peloponnese's Gulf of Argos, at a depth of 14.5 kilometers. 

Ayşegül Yıldırım Kara, Director General of Child Services at the Family and Social Policies Ministry, said that 1,874 of the 1,912 children taken under protection following the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that affected 11 provinces have been reunited with their families within a year.

Japan is at the forefront of seismic technology but contrary to public perceptions, Greece is not dramatically behind, according to seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos, who stressed, however, that it is lacking in adequate earthquake warning systems. 

Following the successive earthquakes in Hakkari's Yüksekova district, located in southeastern Türkiye, experts have once again reiterated warnings over future risks in the region.

Earthquakes of 4.4, 3.5 and 4.5 magnitude occurred successively in Yüksekova on Dec. 31, causing fear and panic among the residents.

Tonight, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale was registered in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The epicenter was at a depth of nine kilometers.
For now, there is no information about victims and material damage.
Citizens share their impressions of the earthquake on the networks and claim that it is the strongest earthquake ever.