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It is the deadliest earthquake in what is now present-day Turkey since the 526 Antioch earthquake [7] and the deadliest natural disaster in its modern history. [8] It is also the deadliest in present-day Syria since the 1822 Aleppo earthquake; [9] the deadliest worldwide since the 2010 Haiti earthquake; [10] and the fifth-deadliest of the 21st ...
The World Health Organization said up to 26 million people may have been affected; 15 million in Turkey and 11 million in Syria. [4] Immediately after the earthquakes the Turkish lira value struck a record low of 18.85 against the US dollar, but rebounded to its starting position at the end of the day. [5]
According to a statement from the Argentine Foreign Ministry, Argentina's offer to Turkey and Syria includes socio-sanitary care, psychosocial and post-traumatic support, logistics personnel with experience in managing warehouses for donations and for the assembly of UNHCR houses and management of camps for affected people and shelters, water purification tablets and disinfectants, and ...
Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change at an AFAD press conference Destroyed buildings in Hatay. Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, various business, government and social factors came into play, including criticism of the response by the government, censorship of certain social media, and widespread arrests for the liability of collapsed buildings.
This poor enforcement of seismic codes was a contributing factor to the devastation of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes in which over 42,000 people died in Turkey. [4] There were high incidences of support column failure leading to pancake collapses, which complicated rescue efforts.
6 February – 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes; 10 February – The death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 23,000. [citation needed] 17 February – Islamic State gunmen massacre 68 people in Al-Sukhnah in Homs Governorate, including 61 civilians who were truffle hunting.
He is now working to free the injured and dead. ... A Syrian health official says the death toll in Syria from Turkey‘s earthquake is now at 62 as the death in Turkey rose to 38.
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.