Turkey and Syria hit by magnitude 7.8 quake, essentially the most lethal in Turkey since an earthquake in 1999 that killed 17,500.
A devastating earthquake has struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, killing greater than 600 folks in a 40-second-long tremor that was felt so far as Lebanon and Cyprus.
Rescue groups on Monday have been racing to search out survivors trapped beneath tangles of metallic and chunks of concrete in cities and cities throughout the 2 nations.
Turkey sits on main fault strains and is often hit by earthquakes.
Right here’s a fast round-up of Turkey’s worst quakes of the previous 25 years:
August 1999
A robust magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the densely populated Marmara area to the south of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis, for 45 seconds. Inside days, the official demise toll stood at 17,500.
November 1999
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the japanese Turkish city of Duzce, inflicting no less than 845 deaths.
Could 2003
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the japanese province of Bingol, bringing down a college dormitory. Not less than 167 folks, together with 83 kids, have been killed.
March 2010
Not less than 42 folks have been killed after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the japanese province of Elazig.
October 2011
Two earthquakes hit the japanese Turkish metropolis of Van. The primary one (magnitude 7.2) struck on October 23 and the second (magnitude 5.6) hit on November 9, claiming 644 lives in complete.
January 2020
A magnitude 6.8 quake rocked Elazig, killing no less than 22 folks and injuring greater than 1,000. It was felt additionally in Syria, Georgia and Armenia.
October 2020
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake levelled buildings in japanese Greece and western Turkey on October 30, killing no less than 24 folks and injuring almost 800.
A lot of the harm in Turkey occurred in and across the Aegean resort metropolis of Izmir.
February 2023
A robust magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwest Syria. Not less than 284 folks have been killed and a couple of,323 injured in Turkey.
In Syria, already devastated by greater than 11 years of civil struggle, authorities stated greater than 237 folks have been killed and about 600 injured, largely in Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces.
Within the rebel-held area of northwest Syria, rescuers stated 147 folks had died.