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Istanbul rocked by 6.2 earthquake as building sways and man jumps from window onto car - 151 injured in panic, no deaths reported, experts warn of stronger quake risk.
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High-rise wobbles and window jumper lands on car during quake

William McGee
Last updated: April 24, 2025 2:36 pm
William McGee Published April 24, 2025
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Luckily, the jumper was not seriously injured and managed to hop and limp away after lowering himself onto the road. (Picture: Jam Press)
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A tall building wobbled and a window jumper landed on a car during a 6.2-magnitude earthquake.

The dramatic moment when the high-rise swayed was caught on a local’s phone.

People flooded parks and open spaces as panic took hold during the tremors yesterday (23 Apr) in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Another clip, filmed by a CCTV camera, shows how a man landed with a thud on the roof of a parked car.

He had jumped out of a high window after panicking as the building he was in shook violently, as reported by Need To Know.

(Picture: Jam Press)

Luckily, he was not seriously injured and managed to hop and limp away after lowering himself onto the road.

The earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara, which divides European and Asian Turkey, at 12:49pm.

It was followed by scores of aftershocks, with the strongest measured at 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale.

(Picture: Jam Press)

At least 151 people were taken to hospitals after jumping from heights in the panic that followed the tremors.

Luckily, no deaths or major damage were recorded.

And one building that collapsed as the ground shook for around 20 seconds had been empty for a year.

Istanbul lies near the North Anatolian Fault.

Experts warn that an even stronger earthquake could hit the city, which is home to more than 16m people, at any moment.

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