Ugg! 7.8 Earthquake Turkey/Syria

[Kathianne]

https://www.foxnews.com/

That's awful. :(

[hjmick]

That is ten times more powerful than the one I had the pleasure riding on top of back in '94. Northridge, California, 6.7. Once I knew all my loved ones were safe, I enjoyed it.

But...

I can only imagine the terror in Turkey and Syria... For one, I don't imagine their building codes are quite on par with those in California...

[jimnyc]

I'm reading 2,700 dead already. My God, how many more after all of the damage. This is very bad.

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Huge earthquake kills 2,700 in Turkey and Syria, bad weather worsens plight

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A huge earthquake killed more than 2,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors.

The magnitude 7.8 quake brought down whole apartment blocks in Turkish cities and piled more devastation on millions of Syrians displaced by years of war.

It struck before sunrise in harsh weather and was followed in the early afternoon by another large quake.

"It was like the apocalypse," said Abdul Salam al-Mahmoud, a Syrian in the northern town of Atareb. "It's bitterly cold and there's heavy rain, and people need saving."

The second quake was big enough to bring down more buildings and, like the first, was felt across the region, endangering rescuers struggling to pull casualties from the rubble.

In Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey, a woman speaking next to the wreckage of the seven-storey block where she lived said: "We were shaken like a cradle. There were nine of us at home. Two sons of mine are still in the rubble, I'm waiting for them."

She was nursing a broken arm and had injuries to her face.

The earthquake was the biggest recorded worldwide by the U.S. Geological survey since a tremor in the remote South Atlantic in August 2021.

https://news.yahoo.com/major-earthquake-strikes-turkey-syria-060335995.html


Powerful quake kills thousands in Turkey and Syria

What we're covering

More than 2,700 people have been killed and thousands more injured after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria early Monday. Officials continue to update the death toll as rescue efforts continue.
The quake, one of the strongest to hit the region in more than 100 years, struck 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, in Turkey's Gaziantep province, at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), the US Geological Survey said.
Multiple strong aftershocks have been felt across the region for hours after the first quake, including a severe quake measuring magnitude 7.5.


A US agency has recorded more than 60 aftershocks. Here's where they struck
After Turkey and Syria experienced the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, US Geological Survey recorded more than 60 aftershocks, including a major one at 7.5 magnitude.

Remember: All aftershocks are individual earthquakes, but as long as they are not stronger that the original, main quake, they are considered aftershocks.

Here's where these aftershocks struck:

https://i.imgur.com/6uj7cZr.png

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/turkey-earthquake-latest-020623/index.html

[Gunny]

That is ten times more powerful than the one I had the pleasure riding on top of back in '94. Northridge, California, 6.7. Once I knew all my loved ones were safe, I enjoyed it.

But...

I can only imagine the terror in Turkey and Syria... For one, I don't imagine their building codes are quite on par with those in California...In Turkey, we loaded up in the car and drove out to the country. I was a tad young to understand the reasoning behind that, but apparently getting away from the towns was safest.

As far as building codes go, there's stuff there that's thousands of years old. New stuff bites the dust. As a correlation, when I lived in South FL and Okinawa, hurricanes/typhoons would roll through and destroy all the new, up to code crap and the old, flat, one-story houses would still be there.

Don't know if there's a formula to that or not :)

[SassyLady]

Because I lived in California for 50 years or so I've been in many earthquakes.

Survived 2 tornadoes in Texas.

I'd rather ride out an earthquake than be in a tornado or hurricane. There's a reason I live in Arizona.

[Gunny]

Because I lived in California for 50 years or so I've been in many earthquakes.

Survived 2 tornadoes in Texas.

I'd rather ride out an earthquake than be in a tornado or hurricane. There's a reason I live in Arizona.Because you want to own beachfront property when California cracks off into the ocean? :)

[Kathianne]

Because you want to own beachfront property when California cracks off into the ocean? :)
It could happen. . .

[Gunny]

It could happen. . .One can only hope :)

[SassyLady]

If that should happen Kath will definitely be closer to the beach than I.

:shark:

[Kathianne]

If that should happen Kath will definitely be closer to the beach than I.

:shark:
Got my swimsuit and boogey board ready!

[Gunny]

Official death toll over 19,300 now. Doesn't include unofficial numbers nor injuries. That's a LOT of people. I know I'm on record all over the place for despising Turks, but even I don't wish them this. Harsh.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64565412

[Kathianne]

Official death toll over 19,300 now. Doesn't include unofficial numbers nor injuries. That's a LOT of people. I know I'm on record all over the place for despising Turks, but even I don't wish them this. Harsh.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64565412

I was thinking the same. Just awful.

[jimnyc]

I did read that one young boy was rescued after 79 hours in the rubble, so one small miracle at least. But I think the death toll will continue to rise, considering the time that the earthquake took place and the amount of homes/buildings that collapsed.