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  • Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes southern Turkey, 2 weeks after massive quake killed thousands

    02/20/2023 11:46:22 AM PST · by dynachrome · 6 replies
    cnn ^ | 2-20-23 | Jonny Hallam and Yusuf Gezer
    A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey on Monday injuring eight people, according to an official, two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told a press conference Monday that eight people were injured following the aftershock, adding that a tsunami warning has been removed. “We have eight injured people brought to our hospitals,” he said as he asked the public “not to enter the damaged buildings, especially to take their belongings.” The quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency...
  • Antioch, Beating Heart of Early Christianity, Lays in Ruin

    02/10/2023 6:37:47 PM PST · by marshmallow · 13 replies
    Antioch (Antakya), one of the most important cities for the early Christian Church, lays in ruin. Block after block, buildings are now little more than piles of rubble, entombing their occupants as rescuers search for signs of life in the bitter cold. Home to Syriacs, Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Arabs, and Jews, the diverse community of Antioch find themselves homeless, together. The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Parish Church in Antioch is taking in people displaced from their homes. Lower to the ground and stronger than surrounding buildings, it was spared much of the damage others suffered. “There is no electricity,...
  • AFAD: 12 thousand 391 people lost their lives, 62 thousand 914 people were injured (Turkey)

    02/08/2023 5:39:00 PM PST · by Nextrush · 26 replies
    TRT News ^ | 2/9/2023 | TRT News
    The number of people who lost their lives in the earthquakes in Kahramanmras increased to 12 thousand 391, and the number of survivors with injuries increased to 62 thousand 914. Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) states that two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 in Pazarcik and a magnitude of 7.6 in Elbistan occurred in Kahramanmaras. While 1052 aftershocks occurred after the earthquakes, according to the latest information...
  • A HUGE Earthquake just hit Turkey.

    02/05/2023 5:47:11 PM PST · by Oscar in Batangas · 74 replies
    USGS ^ | Goday | USGS
    God, have mercy on the poor people in the path of destruction.