{"id":3746,"date":"2023-02-06T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:45","slug":"strong-earthquake-rocks-turkey-and-syria-killing-more-than-2300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/magazine\/climate\/strong-earthquake-rocks-turkey-and-syria-killing-more-than-2300\/2023\/02\/06\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria, killing more than 2,300"},"content":{"rendered":"

Azmarin,<\/span> Syria<\/span> (AP)<\/span> —<\/span> A<\/span> powerful<\/span> 7.8-magnitude<\/span> earthquake<\/span> rocked<\/span> much<\/span> of<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> early<\/span> Monday<\/span> morning,<\/span> collapsing<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> buildings<\/span> and<\/span> killing<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 2,300<\/span> people.<\/span> Hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> trapped<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> rubble,<\/span> and<\/span> tolls<\/span> were<\/span> expected<\/span> to<\/span> rise<\/span> as<\/span> rescue<\/span> workers<\/span> searched<\/span> the<\/span> piles<\/span> of<\/span> rubble<\/span> in<\/span> cities<\/span> and<\/span> towns<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> area.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>On<\/span> both<\/span> sides<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> border,<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> cold,<\/span> rainy<\/span> and<\/span> snowy<\/span> night,<\/span> a<\/span> pre-dawn<\/span> earthquake<\/span> roused<\/span> residents<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> their<\/span> sleep.<\/span> The<\/span> building<\/span> became<\/span> a<\/span> pile<\/span> of<\/span> pancake<\/span> bottoms,<\/span> and<\/span> new<\/span> quakes,<\/span> including<\/span> larger<\/span> aftershocks,<\/span> or<\/span> nearly<\/span> as<\/span> powerful<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> first,<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> shake<\/span> the<\/span> area.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rebel-held<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> Syria<\/span> are<\/span> home<\/span> to<\/span> about<\/span> four<\/span> million<\/span> people<\/span> displaced<\/span> by<\/span> fighting<\/span> from<\/span> other<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> country.<\/span> Many<\/span> of<\/span> them<\/span> live<\/span> in<\/span> buildings<\/span> already<\/span> destroyed<\/span> in<\/span> previous<\/span> bombings.<\/span> Hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> families<\/span> remain<\/span> trapped<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> rubble,<\/span> the<\/span> opposition<\/span> emergency<\/span> organization<\/span> White<\/span> Helmets<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Emergency<\/span> workers<\/span> said<\/span> strained<\/span> medical<\/span> facilities<\/span> and<\/span> hospitals<\/span> quickly<\/span> filled<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> injured.<\/span> Other<\/span> facilities,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> maternity<\/span> hospital,<\/span> had<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> evacuated,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> medical<\/span> agency<\/span> SAMW.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> area<\/span> lies<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> major<\/span> fault<\/span> line<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> frequently<\/span> shaken<\/span> by<\/span> earthquakes.<\/span> In<\/span> 1999,<\/span> a<\/span> similarly<\/span> powerful<\/span> earthquake<\/span> struck<\/span> northwestern<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> killing<\/span> about<\/span> 18,000<\/span> people.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> US<\/span> Geological<\/span> Survey<\/span> measured<\/span> Monday’s<\/span> quake<\/span> at<\/span> 7.8.<\/span> A<\/span> few<\/span> hours<\/span> later,<\/span> a<\/span> magnitude<\/span> 7.5<\/span> explosion<\/span> occurred<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 100<\/span> kilometers<\/span> away.<\/span> An<\/span> official<\/span> with<\/span> Turkey’s<\/span> civil<\/span> protection<\/span> department<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> quake,<\/span> not<\/span> an<\/span> aftershock,<\/span> but<\/span> its<\/span> effects<\/span> were<\/span> not<\/span> immediately<\/span> clear.<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> aftershocks<\/span> were<\/span> expected.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Thousands<\/span> of<\/span> buildings<\/span> have<\/span> reportedly<\/span> collapsed<\/span> in<\/span> areas<\/span> ranging<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Syrian<\/span> cities<\/span> of<\/span> Aleppo<\/span> and<\/span> Hama<\/span> to<\/span> Diyarbakir,<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 330<\/span> kilometers<\/span> (200<\/span> miles)<\/span> northeast.<\/span> Turkish<\/span> Vice<\/span> President<\/span> Fuat<\/span> Oktay<\/span> said<\/span> a<\/span> hospital<\/span> had<\/span> collapsed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Mediterranean<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Iskenderun,<\/span> but<\/span> casualties<\/span> were<\/span> not<\/span> immediately<\/span> known.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> damage<\/span> shown<\/span> in<\/span> photographs<\/span> of<\/span> affected<\/span> areas<\/span> is<\/span> usually<\/span> associated<\/span> with<\/span> significant<\/span> loss<\/span> of<\/span> life,<\/span> but<\/span> frigid<\/span> temperatures<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> difficulty<\/span> of<\/span> working<\/span> in<\/span> war-torn<\/span> areas<\/span> complicated<\/span> rescue<\/span> efforts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> people<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> leave<\/span> earthquake-hit<\/span> areas<\/span> caused<\/span> traffic<\/span> jams,<\/span> preventing<\/span> emergency<\/span> teams<\/span> from<\/span> reaching<\/span> the<\/span> affected<\/span> areas.<\/span> Authorities<\/span> urged<\/span> residents<\/span> to<\/span> stay<\/span> off<\/span> the<\/span> streets.<\/span> Mosques<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> area<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> opened<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> shelter<\/span> for<\/span> those<\/span> unable<\/span> to<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> homes<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> sub-zero<\/span> temperatures.<\/span> In<\/span> Diyarbakir,<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> rescue<\/span> workers<\/span> and<\/span> civilians<\/span> line<\/span> up<\/span> atop<\/span> a<\/span> pile<\/span> of<\/span> rubble,<\/span> handing<\/span> over<\/span> broken<\/span> concrete,<\/span> household<\/span> items<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> debris<\/span> while<\/span> searching<\/span> for<\/span> trapped<\/span> survivors,<\/span> while<\/span> excavators<\/span> dig<\/span> through<\/span> the<\/span> rubble<\/span> below.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> the<\/span> quake<\/span> damaged<\/span> a<\/span> historic<\/span> hilltop<\/span> castle<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> heart<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> provincial<\/span> capital<\/span> Gaziantep,<\/span> about<\/span> 33<\/span> kilometers<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> epicenter.<\/span> Some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> fort’s<\/span> walls<\/span> and<\/span> guard<\/span> towers<\/span> were<\/span> flattened,<\/span> while<\/span> others<\/span> were<\/span> badly<\/span> damaged,<\/span> city<\/span> photos<\/span> showed.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>The<\/span> USGS<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> quake<\/span> was<\/span> 11<\/span> miles<\/span> deep.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>About<\/span> 1,500<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> about<\/span> 8,500<\/span> injured<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> 10<\/span> provinces<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> president<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> civil<\/span> protection<\/span> agency.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Health,<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> government-held<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> Syria<\/span> has<\/span> surpassed<\/span> 430,<\/span> with<\/span> about<\/span> 1,280<\/span> injured.<\/span> At<\/span> least<\/span> 380<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> hundreds<\/span> injured,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> groups<\/span> operating<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> rebel-held<\/span> northwest<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> country.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Azmarin, Syria (AP) — A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked much of Turkey and Syria early Monday morning, collapsing hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,300 people. Hundreds of people were believed to be trapped under the rubble, and tolls were expected to rise as rescue workers searched the piles of rubble in cities and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[714,562,2425],"tags":[1008,1009,471,487,1007],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/quake.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3748,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions\/3748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}