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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]
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.
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 ...
Operation Dost (Operation Friend) was the search and rescue operation initiated by the Government of India to aid Syria and Turkey, after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake devastated both countries on 6 February 2023. [1] The epicenter was 37 km west of Gaziantep, Turkey. [2]
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to be one of the deadliest this decade, seismologists said, with a more than 100 km (62 miles) rupture between the ...
Syria earthquake or Earthquake Syria may refer to: ... 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes; See also. List of earthquakes in the Levant This page was last edited on 10 ...