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On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, killing more than 59,000 people and worsening the devastation in already war-torn Syria.
Syria’s White Helmets, the rescue group working in opposition-controlled areas, has updated its earthquake death toll to 1,220. The total death toll in Syria, including the 812 reported from ...
Syria’s assistance health minister said 42 people were killed in government-held areas of the country in today’s earthquake. At least 20 other people were killed in the rebel-held northwest ...
Syria's National Earthquake Centre said the earthquake is "the biggest earthquake recorded" in its operational history. [ 250 ] An estimated 5.37 million people across Syria may have been made homeless, [ 251 ] while 10.9 million people, nearly half of Syria's population, were affected. [ 252 ]
The earthquake that hit Syria on 6 February is “another layer of crisis” for the country, Unicef has said. At least 20,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria after the 7.8 magnitude tremor ...
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck Jordan and Syria late on Monday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), with residents across both countries and in Lebanon feeling its ...
Furthermore, the number of people who rely on aid had increased, while funding for UN organizations had diminished. The UN deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis said the relief response following the earthquakes was the most underfunded plan in terms of percentage, with funding at 38 percent, since the crisis began in 2011.
Some buildings also received minor damage in Damascus, Syria. [38] In Bnei Brak, Israel, the earthquake also caused minor damage to Champion Motors Tower. [39] The magnitude 6.3 aftershock on 20 February left eight people dead, [40] and 562 injured. [41] Some buildings collapsed in Samandağ and Antakya, Turkey.