Author Topic: Earthquake of magnitude 7.7 strikes Turkey - GFZ (Read 3294 times)

berdie · « **Reply #25 on:** February 09, 2023, 08:13:05 pm »

What a horrible tragedy.

GtHawk · « **Reply #26 on:** February 09, 2023, 08:37:40 pm »

Quote from: berdie on February 09, 2023, 08:13:05 pm

What a horrible tragedy.

It is, and while think the leadership of Turkey is evil my heart goes out to the people. Maybe some of the Ukraiine loot can be diverted to the quake victims.

Gefn · « **Reply #27 on:** February 09, 2023, 08:38:08 pm »

1 hr 51 min ago
Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake surpasses 20,000

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/turkey-syria-earthquake-updates-2-9-23-intl/index.html

Mind boggling that many.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #28 on:** February 09, 2023, 08:47:45 pm »

This is beyond devastation.

God help them.

berdie · « **Reply #29 on:** February 09, 2023, 09:49:52 pm »

@Gefn @Right_in_Virginia

I don't know of any nation/s that can deal with this level of destruction.

From what I am reading, if they didn't perish in the quake, they could well freeze to death.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #30 on:** February 09, 2023, 10:05:20 pm »

Quote from: berdie on February 09, 2023, 09:49:52 pm

@Gefn @Right_in_Virginia

I don't know of any nation/s that can deal with this level of destruction.

From what I am reading, if they didn't perish in the quake, they could well freeze to death.

I thought the tsunami in Thailand was one of the worst natural disasters....but that pales in comparison to this. Words really do fail me.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #31 on:** February 09, 2023, 10:33:23 pm »

"70 hours after #TurkeySyriaEarthquake a baby and a dog are found alive" (Video)

https://twitter.com/CRRJA5/status/1623803389292294147

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #32 on:** February 11, 2023, 04:14:25 am »

Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure, satellite images show
Space.com, Feb 10, 2023

Two enormous cracks in Earth's crust opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after two powerful earthquakes shook the region on Monday (Feb. 6), killing over 20,000 people.

Researchers from the U.K. Centre for the Observation & Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Tectonics (COMET) found the ruptures by comparing images of the area near the Mediterranean Sea coast taken by the European Earth-observing satellite Sentinel-1 before and after the devastating earthquakes.

The longer of the two ruptures stretches 190 miles (300 kilometers) in the northeastern direction from the northeastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea. The crack was created by the first of the two major tremors that hit the region on Monday, the more powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck at 4:17 a.m. local time (8:17 p.m. EST on Feb. 5). The second crack, 80 miles long (125 km), opened during the second, somewhat milder 7.5-magnitude temblor about nine hours later...

Such ruptures appear commonly after powerful earthquakes, professor Tim Wright, who leads the COMET team, told Space.com in an email. These two fissures, however, are unusually long, a testament to the enormous amount of energy the earthquakes unleashed.

The movement of the tectonic plates that caused the earthquakes was such that the cracks are clearly visible on the surface, running through towns and in some cases directly through buildings.

More:
https://www.space.com/turkey-earthquake-satellite-images-200-mile-rupture

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #33 on:** February 11, 2023, 04:17:07 am »

This crisis sure fell off the media's radar fast.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #34 on:** February 11, 2023, 03:05:03 pm »

"The earth ripped apart in Hatay, Turkey. 100 ft deep and 650 ft wide...Locals say they heard the sound of a loud explosion before the earthquake.". (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1624394231237447680

Kamaji · « **Reply #35 on:** February 11, 2023, 03:06:12 pm »

I believe it’s gone past 25,000 now.

mountaineer · « **Reply #36 on:** February 11, 2023, 05:17:01 pm »

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1624394231237447680

Gefn · « **Reply #37 on:** February 11, 2023, 05:28:45 pm »

Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000

https://apnews.com/article/2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-middle-east-earthquakes-c86046a654311d8099d8b7a3dc2b832b

mountaineer · « **Reply #38 on:** February 11, 2023, 05:30:57 pm »

Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
Earthquake death toll in Turkey/Syria expected to hit 22,000. Not much attention in the west. Earthquakes can’t be spun into climate change panic and the powers that be don’t want us to be reminded that nature, like death, is ultimately beyond our control.
8:31 AM · Feb 11, 2023

JIm Ruzicka
@RuzickaJim
Replying to @mirandadevine
Hold on! Thom Hartman said on his radio show yesterday that because the glaciers are melting, the loss of weight holding down the land is causing the tectonic plates to shift. “And that is now fact”!!!!!! Next thing you know, Guam will sink.
9:46 AM · Feb 11, 2023

Gefn · « **Reply #39 on:** February 12, 2023, 02:32:53 pm »

Live: Death toll tops 30,000 in earthquake hit Turkey and Syria

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230212-live-turkey-syria-quake-deaths-surpass-28-000-un-expects-death-toll-to-double

mystery-ak · « **Reply #40 on:** February 12, 2023, 04:55:35 pm »

Turkey Arrests 130 Building Contractors as Quake Deaths Hit 33,000+

Simon Kent 12 Feb 2023

Turkish officials have detained 130 people allegedly involved in illegal construction methods as rescuers on Sunday looked to extricate more survivors of last week’s devastating earthquakes now estimated to have claimed more than 33,000 lives.

AP reports the death toll from the 7.8 magnitude and 7.5 magnitude quakes that hit south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria nine hours apart on Feb. 6 rose to 33,179 on Sunday.

Officials and medics said the total is made up of 29,605 people who died in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake.

Tens of thousands of people have also been left homeless.

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Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said those under investigation were being challenged for their alleged responsibility in the construction of buildings that failed to withstand the quakes, according to the AP report.

Those being questioned are being detained until formal charges are laid.

While the quakes were powerful, victims, experts and people across Turkey are blaming faulty construction for multiplying the devastation saying the combination of poor building practices and lax inspection standards combined to deliver the catastrophic death toll.

Turkey’s construction codes meet current earthquake-engineering standards, at least on paper, but they are too rarely enforced, explaining why thousands of buildings toppled over or pancaked down onto the people inside.

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2023/02/12/turkey-arrests-130-building-contractors-as-quake-deaths-hit-33000/

GtHawk · « **Reply #41 on:** February 12, 2023, 05:27:28 pm »

How many government building inspectors who approved the construction have been arrested? I think everyone knows how greasing the palms of inspectors work, it takes more than corrupt builders.

mountaineer · « **Reply #42 on:** February 18, 2023, 08:57:22 pm »

Earthquake death toll passes 40,000 in Turkey as aftershocks continue
February 18, 2023

The total number of people in Turkey killed in the devastating earthquake has reached 40,642, the disaster authority AFAD said on Saturday. Several thousand more died in neighbouring Syria.

Later on Saturday, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook south-eastern Turkey, in the Kahramanmaraş area, which was affected by the initial quakes.

The latest quake occurred at 10:31 pm (1931 GMT), Kandilli monitor tweeted. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 5. It was not initially clear whether anyone was injured, or the extent of any damage.

More than 5,700 aftershocks have been recorded since the original 7.7-magnitude quake hit the Turkey-Syria border region on February 6, AFAD Chairman Yunus Sezer told reporters in Ankara earlier on Saturday.

Around 13,000 rescue workers were carrying out final efforts to save people from underneath the rubble in the worst-hit Turkish provinces of Hatay and Kahramanmaraş, AFAD's Sezer said, adding that the search-and-rescue mission is planned to be finalized later on Sunday. ... More at Nordot

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #43 on:** February 20, 2023, 02:06:31 am »

I'm still trying to absorb this ----- and the government/media's non-reaction.

Gefn · « **Reply #44 on:** February 20, 2023, 06:29:55 pm »

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey
3 minutes ago

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.

Turkey's disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred at 20.04 local time (17.04 GMT).

Witnesses told the Reuters news agency there had been further damage to buildings in Antakya.

A 7.8-magnitude struck the region on 6 February, killing more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64711228

Gefn · « **Reply #45 on:** February 20, 2023, 06:31:19 pm »

These poor people cannot get a break.

This is unbelievable.

I’m with @Right_in_Virginia

Gefn · « **Reply #46 on:** February 20, 2023, 07:30:33 pm »

New Turkey earthquake leaves people trapped under rubble in Hatay

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64711228

mountaineer · « **Reply #47 on:** February 20, 2023, 08:00:40 pm »

What an incredibly awful thing to befall these people.

berdie · « **Reply #48 on:** February 20, 2023, 08:41:51 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on February 20, 2023, 08:00:40 pm

What an incredibly awful thing to befall these people.

Horrible, just horrible.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #49 on:** February 20, 2023, 09:06:22 pm »

Quote from: Gefn on February 20, 2023, 06:31:19 pm

These poor people cannot get a break.

This is unbelievable.

I’m with @Right_in_Virginia

I am speechless @Gefn