Elazığ Governorship made a statement about the earthquake that occurred in Sivrice district with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale. In the governor's statement, it was stated that no damage notification was made after the earthquake and said, "According to the information received from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (AFAD); a 4.0 MW magnitude earthquake occurred in our Sivrice district on 16/07/2026 at 22:52. After the earthquake, no damage report was made to the AFAD 112 hotline in our city. All our units are closely following the effects of the earthquake in our city." It was said.