An estimated 1700 structures in Turkey were destroyed and hundreds are known to be dead already, in both countries. Aftershocks have reached as high as 6.6, and a tsunami has hit the coastline of Turkey and Syria. Turkey is estimating there will be around 11,000 deaths.
The vids of the destruction are mindblowing.
https://apnews.com/article/earthquak...69120faa40b7bcA powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing at least 641 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area.
Last edited by Winehole23; 02-06-2023 at 03:30 AM.
Watch out for fake vids, some of the tsunami and building collapse post are attempts to go viral online. Happens every time.
Last edited by Winehole23; 02-06-2023 at 04:00 AM.
The area affected by the earthquake is reported to be roughly the size of England.
Affected as in just they felt it? I was in a 7.1 but it didn't do any real damage in my area since the epicenter was ~100 miles away. If it would have hit in LA though would have been a very different story. Seems like it shook for ing ever though.
Good question. USGS has reportedly predicted up to 10,000 deaths.
The quake was felt in Cairo and Sarajevo.
It's log scale, so each whole number reflects a ten fold difference in measured amplitude. 7.8 is a lot stronger than 7.1.
Last edited by Winehole23; 02-06-2023 at 04:10 AM.
Meh in San Antonio I felt that 5.4 earthquake between Odessa and El Paso a few months ago. Seems like media sensationalism to say some huge area the size of England was 'affected'
South-East the most poor. Rain & darkness caused panic.
I've been to Turkey 5 times, not this region.
1600 killed in 10 provinces in Turkey so far, sounds pretty bad to me
Didn't say it wasn't, but OMG affecting an area the size of England is over the top.
I don't know what the 10 provinces are, but that sounds pretty widespread.
Volatile part of the world in more ways than one. Guess that mother earth had to wait for ISIS and Covid to be over to do this to us tbh.
If it was that big and in populated areas Im thinking 6 figures dead.
The depth of the quake is also important as I understand it.
Also the type of material that gets shook.
I think there is more to it than just the scale number. For BB.
Diff wave types created by diff earthquakes... The Richter scale is apparently somewhat obsolete.
Whoa...
Should this be mistaken for compassion for people in other parts of the world?
In other words, you give a fk?
Damn...Turkey got ed up...
yeah, my mom banned me from tracking hurricanes for like a year as a small child in October 1998 when hurricane Mitch killed like 100k in Central America. I remember crying my little eyes out in front of the TV especially when they mentioned whole families and children drowning and perishing in the storm
I only hate liberals from like July to November of even numbered years
Rest of the time I'm more a compassionate right leaning moderate/normie
Yep, depth and ground composition are big factors
2010 chile had an 8.8, in my house only one picture frame fell.. a friend two blocks down had cracking in his walls and ceiling, as well as trees falling in his yard
Places where quakes aren't as frequent get more damage/deaths because construction isn't engineered to resist
Earthquakes are frequent in that area of the world, it's just corruption and poor construction is even more frequent.
I lived in Turkey for a year, Ankara
Visited West/South West but I've never been to the South East
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