TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE : The aftermath of this TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE is really horrible as the number of death toll rising continuously. Rescue teams from around the world is still clearing the debrises and still finding people, animals, childrens stuck and the rescue is continuing. Most of the people have left the country in search of shelters since 6th Feb’2023.
TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE
Incident Date : 6th February’2023
Incident Time : 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC)
Magnitude : 7.8 on Richter Scale
Earthquake Magnitude Scale in RITCHER SCALE |
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| Magnitude | Earthquake Effects | Estimated Number Each Year |
| 2.5 or less | Usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. | Millions |
| 2.5 to 5.4 | Often felt, but only causes minor damage. | 500000 |
| 5.5 to 6.0 | Slight damage to buildings and other structures. | 350 |
| 6.1 to 6.9 | May cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. | 100 |
| 7.0 to 7.9 | Major earthquake. Serious damage. | 42278 |
| 8.0 or greater | Great earthquake. Can totally destroy communities near the epicenter. | One every year or two |
Duration : 80 Seconds
Casualties |
> 53,560 deaths, 122,500 injured |
| > 45,080 deaths, 108,000 injured in Turkey | |
| > 8,470 deaths, 14,500 injured in Syria |
The Mw 7.8 TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE Turkey Syria Severe Earthquake was the strongest to occur in Turkey since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, and the second-strongest recorded in the country, after the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake.
It was felt as far as Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus, and the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The earthquakes were followed by more than 2,100 aftershocks. The seismic sequence was the result of shallow strike-slip faulting.
On 6 February 2023, the earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was 32 km (20 mi) west–northwest of Gaziantep. It was followed by a 7.7 Magnitude earthquake at 13:24. This earthquake was centered 95 km (59 mi) to the north-northeast from the first, in Kahramanmaras Province. There was widespread damage and tens of thousands of fatalities.
There was widespread damage in an area of about 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi) (around 12 times the size of Belgium). An estimated 14 million people, or 16 percent of Turkey’s population, were affected. Development experts from the United Nations estimated that about 1.5 million people were left homeless.
Damaged roads, winter storms, and disruption to communications have hampered the national disaster agency AFAD’s rescue and relief effort, which included a 60,000-strong search-and-rescue force, 5,000 health workers and 30,000 volunteers. Following Turkey’s call for international help, more than 141,000 people from 94 countries joined the rescue effort.
As of 1 March 2023, more than 53,500 deaths were confirmed: more than 45,000 in Turkey, and more than 8,400 in Syria. It is the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since the 526 Antioch earthquake and the deadliest in Syria since the 1822 Aleppo earthquake. It was the fifth-deadliest of the 21st century. Collectively, the earthquakes are estimated to have caused US$84.1 billion in damages, making them the fourth-costliest earthquakes on record. It is the deadliest natural disaster in Turkey’s modern history.
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President Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to rebuild homes within a year but it will be many months before thousands can leave tents or container housing, and daily queues for food, and move into permanent housing.
More than 160,000 Turkish buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the disaster, the worst in the country’s modern history.
Some two million people were registered as having fled the region, which has been hit by more than 11,000 aftershocks since the initial quake, AFAD said in a statement.
It said it had put up more than 350,000 tents, with tent cities established at 332 places across the region. Container housing settlements were being established in 162 places.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that national elections will be held on May 14
“This nation will do what is necessary on May 14, God willing,” Erdogan said in a speech to parliamentarians from his AK Party in parliament on Wednesday.
A three-month state of emergency was declared in Turkish provinces affected by the earthquake on February 7, a day after it struck.
Countries from all around the world is extending supports to Turkey and Syria.
Message from Turkey’s President:
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to reconstruct the country’s southern region in the wake of powerful earthquakes that struck earlier this month. “With the completion of debris removal activities, we are starting the reconstruction and revival of our region,” Erdogan told a press briefing on Tuesday in Elbistan district of the Kahramanmaras province, the epicentre of the massive February 6 quakes.
“In a few months, we are starting the construction of 309,000 houses, including village houses, throughout the earthquake zone,” he added. Erdogan reiterated that scientists are calling the disaster an “exceptional natural event.”
“While we are reviving the provinces, districts, and villages in the quake-hit region, we will speedily transform other parts of our country that face the same threat,” he said. The president also warned the public that aftershocks are still continuing and called on them to avoid damaged buildings, adding: “We expect our citizens to be more cautious in this regard.”
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