Earthquake (7.8) near Turkey/Syria border (7.5 quake hours later) (1 Viewer)

[efil4stnias]

Also where Christian Atsu ( former Chelsea player ) lives ( plays for club Hayatspor ) and reportedly trapped in collapsed building.

He actually scored in match to win 2-1.

just.
last.
night.

massive disaster in Turkey/Syria.

 

[Tapxe]

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/02/06/1154761412/photos-a-devastating-earthquake-hits-turkey-and-syria

 

[Tapxe]

https://www.npr.org/live-updates/earthquake-turkey-syria#a-turkish-castle-that-withstood-centuries-of-invasions-collapsed-in-the-quake

 

[UpHere]

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/02/06/1154761412/photos-a-devastating-earthquake-hits-turkey-and-syria

I have nothing to add of note about the earthquake, and i don't mean to conflate the disaster with another thread, but the fact this exact thing is happening willingly and purposefully in another country just destroys me - nature at it's worst, this picture is horrifying to me, i wish the best for everyone

 

[superchuck500]

 

[Paul]

I’m at a loss here - I pray the best for everyone impacted. Man….

 

[superchuck500]

This is posted by a verified Indian/South-Asian journalist. I think it is credible - hard to believe it's not from Ukraine or some other war zone.

 

[BigFrosty]

 

[BigFrosty]

 

[Paul]

Unfortunately, I just read a note from the Weather Channel app that the death toll has now surpassed 2500. I know we should take initial reports with a grain of salt but this is just very tragic.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Unfortunately, I just read a note from the Weather Channel app that the death toll has now surpassed 2500. I know we should take initial reports with a grain of salt but this is just very tragic.

Not to make light, but it’s going to be way more than that, isn’t it?

 

[WhoDatPhan78]

Not to make light, but it’s going to be way more than that, isn’t it?

yea, looking at the level of destruction, it's likely going to be much much higher.

 

[efil4stnias]

Unfortunately, I just read a note from the Weather Channel app that the death toll has now surpassed 2500. I know we should take initial reports with a grain of salt but this is just very tragic.

i think it may very well double in the next several days as reports still flow in from different, remote, regions.

looking at a map, devastation goes from the coast of Mediterranean Sea to 300 mi east and 200mi wide.

Interesting this is a "strike slip fault" - which generally produces a quake lower in magnitude than a thrust fault ( subduction- where one plate goes under another ). But happened at a "shallower" depth, causing it to be much worse.

but here is a good article on the why ( if interested )

Explainer: Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?

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 Anatolian and Arabian plates.

www.reuters.com

 

[Tapxe]

 

[CoolBrees]

A (reportedly) two minute 7.8 is mind boggling.

For reference, the 1989 San Fransisco quake during the WS reached 6.9 for something like 15 seconds

this earthquake is outside the design standards for a seismic Zone 4 (West coast).

We here must design and build public structures to withstand 7.5 for 1 minute.

Anything still standing from the initial 7.8, due to the weakening and failures it caused, would be wiped out by the 7.5 aftershock. It would have leveled this coast.

I can’t even being to imagine the devastation these people have to deal with.