Multiple Earthquakes hit Turkey/Syria - Thousands feared dead

[dBSPL]

Turkiye wide
7.7 magnitude earthquake affected 10 provinces
There were around 100 aftershocks, the largest of which was 6.6 magnitude.
1121 lives lost
7634 injured
2834 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged.

In Syria, the situation is a bit more uncertain.
The devastatingly affected areas in Syria are mostly Idlib and the north of Aleppo.

It's becoming one of the worst earthquakes in modern Turkish history

10 hours apart, two of the biggest earthquakes of the last century occurred. It was not only the Richter power that made the earthquake devastating, but also its acceleration, which was unprecedented in our geography.

To make a comparison, we are talking about an earthquake 5-6 times stronger than the 1999 Gölcük earthquake, which affected the entire tectonic structure in the region.

The biggest earthquake of the last century was the 7.9 Erzincan earthquake. Today's 2 earthquakes are too big to be compared to the 99 earthquake.

 

[datafreak]

oh wow. This thread exists.

India is sending NDRF to Turkey. 100 well trained disaster response staff + medics + trained dogs and equipment.

India rushing NDRF to Turkey

Great help and superb decison in a very short time. With extensive experience in handling crisis events, the NDRF is one of the best trained response teams in the world and can really help the turks out in this time of crisis. India is sending medics and trained dogs alongisde eqipment for rapid...

defence.pk

 

[Amavous]

 

[dBSPL]

AFAD hourly update:
The death toll has risen to 1498. The number of injured is 8533. There have been over 130 aftershocks.

The air force has established an air bridge. Dozens of helicopters are airlifting the critically injured in the region. Unmanned aerial vehicles are supporting damage assessment and rescue coordination, while cargo planes are relentlessly transporting aid to the region.

It is getting dark in the region. The air temperature at the epicenter of the earthquake is currently around 3 degrees Celsius.

 

[Foinikas]

10 hours apart, two of the biggest earthquakes of the last century occurred. It was not only the Richter power that made the earthquake devastating, but also its acceleration, which was unprecedented in our geography.

To make a comparison, we are talking about an earthquake 5-6 times stronger than the 1999 Gölcük earthquake, which affected the entire tectonic structure in the region.

The biggest earthquake of the last century was the 7.9 Erzincan earthquake. Today's 2 earthquakes are too big to be compared to the 99 earthquake.

It was massive. And it lasted for more than one minute. I'll leave criticism for Erdogan for later,but he has responsibility too in this.

The scenes that we see on TV are devastating. They say 13,000,000 people are homeless.

 

[epebble]

This news has a horrible estimate:

Chilling ‘180,000 dead’ estimate given by earthquake expert assessing Turkey, Syria tragedy

In 115 A.D. and 526 A.D. earthquakes near the ancient city of Antioch are estimated to have killed 250,000 each time.

 

[Goritoes]

Ya Allah Reham... Please protect those who are stuck, give strength to those who are busy in rescue works and give Sabr (Patience) to those who lost their loved ones.

 

[BHAN85]

Just guessing.

Since decades ago, think about this when these sad things happen it's mandatory:

Ionospheric heater - Wikipedia

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Piezoelectricity - Wikipedia

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[dBSPL]

The latest situation in disaster zone:

The number of people who lost their lives in earthquakes increased to 14014.

63794 people were injured in the earthquakes.

 

[Ich]

Now you know.

 

[Ich]

At this account there is some information about the earthquake crisis in Syria and who help and send needed things

https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog