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The earthquake is now more deadly than the magnitude 7.8 quake in Nepal in 2015 which killed more than 8,800 people. Satellite images show shocking destruction caused by Turkey earthquakes 08:22 ...
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 ...
The earthquake hit as Erdogan faces presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for June. Even before the disaster, his popularity had been falling due to soaring inflation and a slumping ...
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit southeast Turkey, toppling buildings and leaving a trail of disaster in seven Turkish provinces and northern Syria, with tremors felt as far as Cairo.
The earthquake severely damaged the city of Tralles (modern Aydın) and the island of Kos; See 554 Anatolia earthquake [26] 14 December 557 just before midnight Constantinople: 40.9 28.7 n/a X (Intense) Constantinople was "almost completely razed to the ground" by the earthquake. see 557 Constantinople earthquake [27] 14 May 1269 Cilicia ...
2019 Istanbul earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the south-west of Istanbul on 26 September 2019 at 13:59 local time. [8] One person died due to a heart attack and 43 people were injured. [6] The earthquake was felt in Istanbul, Tekirdağ, Kırklareli, Kocaeli and Sakarya. [5]
The deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred shortly after 4 a.m. local time Monday near the major Turkish city of Gaziantep. More than 100 aftershocks were also reported across the two countries.
A bus ferrying earthquake survivors from Hatay to Konya collided with a truck on the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep Motorway on 23 February, killing two and injuring six. [76] On 20 April, an IF1 tornado struck a camp housing people affected by the earthquake in Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş; three people died and 50 others were injured. [77] [78] [79] [80]