{"id":4177,"date":"2023-02-21T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:35:18","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-eight-in-new-earthquakes-in-turkey-and-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/climate\/death-toll-rises-to-eight-in-new-earthquakes-in-turkey-and-syria\/2023\/02\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to eight in new earthquakes in Turkey and Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> Nearly<\/span> 45,000<\/span> people<\/span> died<\/span> two<\/span> weeks<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> devastating<\/span> earthquake,<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> rose<\/span> to<\/span> eight,<\/span> officials<\/span> and<\/span> media<\/span> said<\/span> Tuesday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Six<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> 294<\/span> injured,<\/span> 18<\/span> of<\/span> them<\/span> in<\/span> critical<\/span> condition,<\/span> after<\/span> Monday’s<\/span> magnitude-6.4<\/span> earthquake,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Turkish<\/span> Civil<\/span> Protection<\/span> Agency.<\/span> In<\/span> Syria,<\/span> a<\/span> woman<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> girl<\/span> died<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> result<\/span> of<\/span> panic<\/span> after<\/span> earthquakes<\/span> struck<\/span> Hama<\/span> and<\/span> Tartus<\/span> provinces,<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> reported.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> epicenter<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> quake<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Dehne<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey’s<\/span> Hatay<\/span> province,<\/span> which<\/span> borders<\/span> Syria.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> felt<\/span> in<\/span> Jordan,<\/span> Cyprus,<\/span> Israel,<\/span> Lebanon<\/span> and<\/span> even<\/span> Egypt,<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> tremor<\/span> of<\/span> magnitude<\/span> 5.8<\/span> and<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> aftershocks.<\/span> Hatay<\/span> is<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> worst-hit<\/span> provinces<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> when<\/span> a<\/span> magnitude<\/span> 7.8<\/span> earthquake<\/span> struck<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 6.<\/span> Monday’s<\/span> quake<\/span> destroyed<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> buildings<\/span> and<\/span> damaged<\/span> many<\/span> more<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> state.<\/span> The<\/span> governor’s<\/span> office<\/span> in<\/span> Antakya,<\/span> the<\/span> historical<\/span> center<\/span> of<\/span> Hatay,<\/span> was<\/span> also<\/span> damaged.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Officials<\/span> have<\/span> warned<\/span> earthquake<\/span> victims<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> enter<\/span> the<\/span> wreckage<\/span> of<\/span> their<\/span> homes,<\/span> but<\/span> people<\/span> are<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> save<\/span> what<\/span> they<\/span> can.<\/span> They<\/span> were<\/span> caught<\/span> in<\/span> another<\/span> earthquake.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL (AP) – Nearly 45,000 people died two weeks after a devastating earthquake, the death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight, officials and media said Tuesday. Six people were killed and 294 injured, 18 of them in critical condition, after Monday’s magnitude-6.4 earthquake, according to the Turkish Civil Protection Agency. In Syria, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[714,1034],"tags":[487,866,1008,1016,1168],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/QUKE.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4180,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions\/4180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}