Turkey earthquake

The big picture: Officials warned the death toll would likely rise, with many reported trapped after the magnitude 7.8 quake struck at 4:17 local time (01:17 ...

- Blinked confirmed that the "initial assistance response" from the U.S. assistance, and that American-supported humanitarian partners were doing the same in Syria. - Muheeb Qaddour, a doctor in Atmeh, told AP that officials had initially confirmed 11 deaths in the opposition-held Syrian town, but many were trapped beneath the rubble. - U.S. [For Syrians, quake is "another devastating blow" after nearly 12 years of war](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/syria-earthquake-12-years-war) [tweeted](https://twitter.com/RTErdogan/status/1622423458821951492) that the effects were "felt in many parts of our country" and search and rescue teams had been immediately dispatched to areas affected by the earthquake. [reports](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/syria-earthquake-12-years-war). [statement](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/06/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-earthquakes-impacting-turkiye-and-syria/)Monday that senior American officials had reached out to their Turkish counterparts coordinate U.S. [700 people had died](https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDef/status/1622676827905921042)in opposition-held areas and more than 2,000 others were injured — bringing the country's death toll from the quake to more than 1,400 people. [USGS](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jlm1/executive?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=usgs_quakes)). [earthquake](https://www.axios.com/2020/01/26/turkey-earth-quake-rescue-efforts-photos) flattened buildings as people slept in parts of Turkey and [Syria](https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/jordan-worlds-largest-syrian-refugee-camp) on Monday, killing over 4,300 people and wounding thousands of others. [state media](https://www.sana.sy/?p=1832075)said at least 711 people were killed and over 1,431 others injured in government-held areas.

A powerful earthquake has struck in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, killing more than 500 people as they slept and trapping many others.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: France, Germany, Israel, and the US have also pledged to help. We need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. The UK has said it will send 76 specialists, equipment and rescue dogs. The country's worst earthquake disaster was in 1939 when 33,000 people died in Turkey's eastern Erzincan province. Thousands of buildings across both the countries have collapsed, and several videos show the moment they fell, as onlookers ran for cover. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Survivors said it took two minutes for the shaking to stop. There have been dozens of fatalities reported in rebel-held areas. If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the "We're still feeling regular after-shocks... The second quake - triggered by the first - had a magnitude of 7.5, and its epicentre was in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras province.

ANKARA, Turkey — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing at ...

Many residents of Beirut left their homes and took to the streets or drove in their cars away from buildings, terrorized by memories of the 2020 port explosion that wrecked a large swath of the city. The territory depends on a flow of aid from nearby Turkey for everything from food to medical supplies. The quake jolted residents in Lebanon from beds, shaking buildings for about 40 seconds. Survivors were strapped to stretchers and carefully handed down to a street where they were put in an ambulance. The quake heavily damaged Gaziantep’s most famed landmark, its historic castle perched atop a hill in the center of the city. In Diyarbakir, hundreds of rescue workers and civilians formed lines across a mountain of wreckage, passing down broken concrete pieces, household belongings and other debris as they searched for trapped survivors while excavators dug through the rubble below. A hospital collapsed in the Mediterranean coastal city of Iskanderoun, but casualties were not immediately known, he said. Mosques around the region were being opened up as a shelter for people unable to return to damaged homes amid temperatures that hovered around freezing. Hundreds of families remained trapped in rubble, the opposition emergency organization, called the White Helmets, said in a statement. The swath of Syria affected by the quake is divided between government-held territory and the country’s last opposition-held enclave, which is surrounded by Russian-backed government forces. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management agency said at least 284 people were killed in seven Turkish provinces. Many of them live in buildings that are already wrecked from past bombardment.

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria early this morning, killing more than 1400 people and injuring thousands of ...

"The earthquake struck in a region that we feared. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.8 quake struck at a depth of 17.9km. The White Helmets rescue group said at least 221 were killed and 419 injured in rebel-held areas. He said that the bloc's Civil Protection Mechanism had been activated to respond to the quake, which hit Turkey and Syria, causing deaths and destruction in both countries. In 2011, a quake in the eastern city of Van killed more than 500. The tremor lasted about a minute and shattered windows, according to a Reuters witness in Diyarbakir, 350km to the east, where a security official said at least 17 buildings collapsed. Tremors were also felt in the Turkish capital of Ankara, 460km northwest of the epicentre, and in Cyprus, where police reported no damage. "The situation is very tragic, tens of buildings have collapsed in the city of Salqin," a member of the White Helmets rescue organisation said in a video clip on Twitter, referring to a town about 5km from the Turkish border. People in Damascus, and in the Lebanese cities of Beirut and Tripoli, ran into the street and took to their cars to get away from their buildings in case they collapsed, witnesses said. Mr Erdogan spoke by telephone with the governors of eight affected provinces to gather information on the situation and rescue efforts, his office said in a statement. The first quake hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, which is home to around two million people and on the border with Syria. The official news agency SANA, citing the health ministry, said at least 339 people were killed and 1,089 injured in government-controlled areas of the war-torn country.

Ankara calls for international assistance after biggest quake in more than 80 years causes huge destruction.

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Scores confirmed dead after 7.8 magnitude tremor hit early on Monday, causing widespread destruction and trapping people under rubble.

Our teams are on the highest levels of alert to respond and rescue those trapped,” A magnitude-6.8 quake hit Elazığ in January 2020, killing more than 40 people. “We hope to get through this together as soon as possible and with the least damage, and we continue our work,” he tweeted. Now we’re all dressed and standing at the door.” “There may be 200 people under the rubble.” That quake killed more than 17,000 people, including about 1,000 in Istanbul. A second tremor was felt at 04:26am local time (0126GMT), with the epicentre in the town of Nurdağı, some 80km (50 miles) south-west. Residents in the town of Pazarcık said they feared for those trapped under fallen buildings. People are all outside, all in fear.” There are buildings that are cracking. There are destroyed buildings around me, there are houses on fire. Thank God, our friends are safe, but we heard there are people who can’t get out of their homes and there are people we can’t reach,” he said.

A group from Coláiste Éamann Rís was due to travel to a partner school in Malatya as part of an Erasmus programme and had been in Istanbul when the ...

The Irish embassy in Turkey is urging anybody affected by the earthquake to call its out-of-hours mobile. Their partner school accommodates 1,000 pupils and one pupil suffered a concussion from the aftershocks. Through the Erasmus programme, each school would spend a week in opposite countries, a partnership that has benn secured until 2027. As Turkey is three hours ahead, many parents were not aware of what had happened and were alerted in time. More than 1,300 people have been killed after the earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. Had we got there the day earlier, it would have been horrendous.

A second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck southeastern Turkey's Kahramanmaras region on Monday, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority ...

The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of 17.9km. Syrian state television showed footage of rescue teams searching for survivors in heavy rain and sleet. Not one,” said a young man, his eyes wide open in shock and his hand bandaged. Live footage from Turkish state broadcaster TRT showed a building collapse in the southern province of Adana after the second quake. In the Syrian rebel-held northwest, rescuers said 221 people had died. He said rescue efforts were being hampered by aftershocks from the initial quake.

Powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Turkey's border with Syria early Monday, killing more than 600 people.

At least 147 people were killed in rebel-held areas, according to the White Helmets. Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency said at least 284 people were killed in seven Turkish provinces. The agency said 440 people were injured.

A second earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, after the death toll from a first quake rose near 1300.

The EU Council in May 2022 [reported 371 deaths and 1,089 injured](https://www.sana.sy/?p=1832075) in the Aleppo, Hama, Latakia and Tartous regions, as a result of the first earthquake. The humanitarian White Helmets rescue service, which operates in Turkey and the opposition-controlled parts of Syria, had earlier estimated Syrian life losses near 221, with 419 injured. "Italy and Hungary have offered their rescue teams to Türkiye as well. AFAD said the second quake took place at 1:32 p.m. - AFAD said the second quake took place at 1:32 p.m.

A group from Coláiste Éamann Rís was due to travel to a partner school in Malatya as part of an Erasmus programme and had been in Istanbul when the ...

The Irish embassy in Turkey is urging anybody affected by the earthquake to call its out-of-hours mobile. A host of schools were to visit Turkey this week, with German and French schools due to leave a day later. Their partner school accommodates 1,000 pupils and one pupil suffered a concussion from the aftershocks. As Turkey is three hours ahead, many parents were not aware of what had happened and were alerted in time. More than 2,300 people have been killed after the earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. Had we got there the day earlier, it would have been horrendous.

The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday has leveled Gaziantep Castle, a historic site and tourist attraction in southeastern Turkey.

In some bastions, large cracks were observed," the report said. and expanded over time. The retaining wall next to the castle also collapsed.

It was a big earthquake - registered as 7.8, classified as "major" on the official magnitude scale. It broke along about 100km (62 miles) of fault line, causing ...

This has replaced the better known Richter scale, now considered outdated and less accurate. A tremor of 2.5 or less usually cannot be felt, but can be detected by instruments. These plates often try to move but are prevented by the friction of rubbing up against an adjoining one. The Turkish earthquake at 7.8 is classified as major and usually causes serious damage, as it has in this instance. It broke along about 100km (62 miles) of fault line, causing serious damage to buildings near the fault. The next 24 hours are crucial to find survivors.

In the early hours of Monday 6 February 2023, a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Turkey's border with northern Syria.

Even before the earthquake, the situation in the region was already bad with 80% of people living in poverty. CAFOD's local experts are already on the ground and assessing the needs of those affected by the earthquake. Millions of people across Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel felt the earthquake.

A powerful earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 3400 people and injuring thousands more.

President Biden issued a message saying he was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and devastation" in Turkey and Syria. Monday's earthquake was one of the country's worst disasters in decades. "Full solidarity with our Ally Türkiye in the aftermath of this terrible earthquake," Stoltenberg posted on his Twitter account. The U.S. Since then, at least 15 of the quakes have been magnitude 5.0 or greater, and two have been at 6.0 or more, the USGS says. are also responding to the earthquake emergency there. [more than 200 flights](https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/istanbul/over-200-flights-cancelled-in-istanbul-due-to-expected-snowstorm) for Sunday and Monday because of expected conditions. The tweet also offered emergency response support. More than 3 million residents of the area are food insecure. Groups in the rebel-held northwest say the death toll is at least 450. The first quake was the largest: a 7.8 magnitude temblor that hit at 4:17 a.m. Hundreds of families are still trapped, according to rescue workers.

The movement of the tectonic plates builds up pressure on fault zones at their boundaries. It is the sudden release of this pressure that causes earthquakes and ...

Light shaking was felt as far away as the Turkish capital of Istanbul (around 815km away), as well as Baghdad in Iraq (800km) and Cairo in Egypt (950km). The first was a 6.7 which happened only 11 minutes after the first shock, and there have been hundreds of smaller magnitude aftershocks. [7.8 out of 10](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive) on the moment magnitude scale. Later in the morning another very large magnitude 7.5 occurred further to the north on a different but adjacent fault system: the Sürgü Fault. That means a magnitude 7.8 actually releases around [6,000 times more energy](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/education/calculator.php) than the more moderate magnitude 5 earthquakes that might usually happen in the region. While this area has many earthquakes every year caused by the ongoing motion of the tectonic plates, today’s earthquake is particularly large and devastating as so much energy was released. It is the sudden release of this pressure that causes earthquakes and ground shaking. These can continue for days to years after the initial event. We tend to think of earthquake energy as coming from a single location, or epicentre, but they are actually caused by movement along an area of a fault. This means the shaking will be felt over a very large area. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused by earthquake waves suggest this this event was a magnitude Arabia is moving northwards into Europe, causing the Anatolian plate (which Turkey sits on) to be pushed out westwards.

When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday morning local time, its tremor could be felt as far afield as ...

The Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations, which provides healthcare in opposition-held parts of northwestern Syria, is also soliciting [urgent international aid](https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/catastrophic-earthquake-could-lead-humanitarian-disaster-syria-and-turkey). [immediate cash assistance](https://twitter.com/ifrc/status/1622531086822653953)” from its Disaster Response Emergency Fund to help relief efforts. Geological Survey](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive). local time and was six miles deep, according to [USGS](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jlqa/executive). We are determined to do all that we can to help those affected by these earthquakes in the days, weeks, and months ahead.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “Our initial assistance response to Türkiye is already underway, and U.S.-supported humanitarian organizations in Syria are responding to the earthquakes’ effects across the country. In each of these three pillars of safe construction, it is known that there are serious problems both legally and in practice.” [7.8 magnitude](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive) earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday morning local time, its tremor could be felt as far afield as Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. The plan involved designating hundreds of urban spaces as evacuation points in case of emergency. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The former has been the site of several disastrous earthquakes, according to While the full scale of the infrastructure damage is yet to be fully known, AFAD official Orhan Tatar said late Monday that more than 5,500 buildings collapsed.

More than 1,000 people have been reported dead so far in northern Syria following the quake. Emergency rescue teams said many buildings are damaged or destroyed ...

Dozens of other nations have promised help, including the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar. However, BBC Monitoring's Hesham Shawish, a Middle East specialist, says this is not enough to deal with the scale of the destruction. Another said some of his relatives were trapped under the rubble. It may also take some time for international aid to arrive. Twelve hours later, a second quake, which was nearly as large, struck 130km (80 miles) to the north. " There's no one to rescue them.

Turkey and Syria's buildings have always been vulnerable to earthquakes – war has made things worse.

That means that people who are trapped in the rubble, who might be rescued, could well freeze to death. A Magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit south-eastern Turkey and parts of Syria in the early hours of the morning of 6 February. Today’s earthquake penetrated into Syria’s north-western regions with reports of buildings collapsing in Aleppo and Idlib. This is because the majority of existing buildings are low-rise brick masonry structures, constructed very close to each other. “This wasn’t a surprise,” says Puskulcu who was touring the cities of Adana, Tarsus, Mersin and west Turkey last week, delivering workshops on public earthquake awareness. The later Magnitude-7.5 event was around 4km south-east of Ekinözü in the Kahramanmaraş province.

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug through the night looking for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent ...

Turkey is in one of the world's most active earthquake zones. "We can't go home," the 55-year-old told AFP. "Until 11am or noon, my friend was still answering the phone. But she no longer answers. "There is a family I know under the rubble," said 20-year-old Syrian student Omer El Cuneyd. "There is a family I know under the rubble," said 20-year-old student Omer El Cuneyd in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa. The initial earthquake was so large it was felt as far away as Greenland, and the impact is big enough to have sparked a global response. "Everyone is afraid." "We thought it was the apocalypse," said Melisa Salman, a 23-year-old reporter, In the city of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey. The sense of disbelief was widespread, as residents struggled to comprehend the scale of the disaster. asked a distraught seven-year-old girl who was pulled - her face, hair and pyjamas covered in dust - from a collapsed building in Hatay, on the Turkish side of the border. "Where is my mum?"

The numbers seem certain to rise. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, said the country had been shaken by the “strongest disaster in a century”. But why ...

The most recent quake occurred along a different fault, the East Anatolian, which marches with the Arabian plate. Although meteorologists can predict disasters like hurricanes or floods, seismologists cannot yet do the same with earthquakes (though it is an active area of research). Earthquakes are common, though most happen along the North Anatolian fault, the boundary with the Eurasian plate, which runs close to Istanbul.

More than 2,300 people have been killed by the 7.8-magnitude quake near Turkey's Syrian border, with the toll expected to grow as aftershocks reverberate ...

Turkey is in one of the world's most active earthquake zones. "This means that anywhere within the 100 kilometres along the trend of the fault is effectively right on top of the earthquake," he said. He said the release of that movement along the fault is what produces a major earthquake like the one seen today. Mr Musson emphasised that the epicentre of such an earthquake was less important than how far the rupture extended along the fault line - in this case, around 100 kilometres. This earthquake was "almost a rerun" of a 7.4 magnitude one in the same area on 13 August, 1822, Mr Musson said. The earthquake caused such devastation partly because of its power - it is the strongest earthquake to hit Turkey since 1939 - and because it hit a populated region.

First responders contend with rain and snow as Erdogan declares seven days of national mourning.

Turkey, meanwhile, is home to millions of refugees from the civil war. The earthquake struck early on Monday, bringing down thousands of buildings. Turkey’s vice-president, Fuat Oktay, said the total number of deaths in Turkey had risen to 3,419, with another 20,534 people injured. Many live in buildings that are already wrecked from military bombardments. There are logistical issues that need to be worked through,” Madevi Sun-Suon, spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, told Reuters. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning. Strained medical centres quickly filled with injured people, rescue workers said. WHO said on Tuesday that Syria’s humanitarian needs were the highest. Offers of help – from search and rescue teams to medical supplies and money – poured in from dozens of countries, as well as the European Union and Nato. Thousands of buildings were reported collapsed in a wide area extending from Syria’s cities of Aleppo and Hama to Turkey’s Diyarbakir, more than 320km to the northeast. The second jolt caused a multi-storey apartment building in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa to topple on to the street in a cloud of dust as bystanders screamed, according to video of the scene. The death toll from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks rose to more than 5,000 on Tuesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings.

At least 2921 have died in Turkey, while Syria toll stands at 1444; WHO says deaths could pass 20000.

More than 10 search and rescue teams from the European Union have been mobilised to help with the recovery, a spokesperson for the European Commission said. The IPCR arrangements strengthen the EU’s ability to take rapid decisions when facing major cross-sectoral crises requiring a response at the EU level. US President Joe Biden spoke with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to offer condolences and reaffirm Washington’s readiness to assist in rescue efforts, the White House said. Syria’s envoy to the UN said Monday that aid sent after the earthquake will reach all its population, even though Damascus does not control all of its territory. “We always see the same thing with earthquakes, unfortunately, which is that the initial reports of the numbers of people who have died or who have been injured will increase quite significantly in the week that follows,” Smallwood added. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said preliminary data showed the second large quake measured 7.7 magnitude, and was 67km (42 miles) north-east of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, at a depth of 2km. Asked if aid donated to Syria – some areas are held by rebels – would reach all of the population, Syria’s UN envoy Bassam Sabbagh said it would. In 1999, when a tremor of similar magnitude hit the heavily populated eastern Marmara Sea region near Istanbul, it killed more than 17,000. Thousands more are injured, and the death toll is expected to rise. The first quake struck as people slept, and measured magnitude 7.8, one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century. You can get in touch with me directly on Twitter Survivors are being evacuated by military plane to areas where hospitals have greater capacity.

More than 4800 people are confirmed dead in the quake that struck northern Syria and Turkey.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: France, Germany, Israel and the US have also pledged to help. The UK has said it will send 76 specialists, equipment and rescue dogs. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. How are we going to save them? If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the They're saying, 'Save us,' but we can't save them. At least 1,400 people are now known to have been killed in Syria, where millions of refugees live in camps on the Turkish border. As dawn broke on Tuesday, traffic was at a standstill on the main highway to the Turkish city of Maras, close to the epicentre of the quake and believed to be one of the worst-affected areas. Few rescuers have made it to this part of southern Turkey yet and everyone is trying to get there as fast as they can to assess the damage and give vital help. Rescuers are battling heavy rain and snow as they race against the clock to find survivors of a devastating earthquake in south-east Turkey. More than 4,800 people were killed and 15,000 injured in Turkey and over the border in Syria when the quake struck in the early hours of Monday.

“Finally! He has been rescued,” said a reporter with CNN affiliate CNN Turk, which broadcast the rescue live. While the boy's rescue offers a glimmer of hope ...

Russia is the strongest foreign power operating in Syria, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has long allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The European Union activated its crisis response mechanism, while the United States said it would send two search and rescue units to Turkey. Pakistan has also dispatched two search and rescue teams to the ravaged country, while Australia and New Zealand committed funds for humanitarian assistance. “Our teams are working around the clock to help to save the injured people. And there is particular concern about the spread of illness, especially among children, who were already living in extreme hardship. “Everyone is overstretched in that part of the world … “Most of the communities depend on elevated tanks of water. At least 5,606 structures crumbled during the quake and in the hours after, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said. Most of these elevated tanks of water were the first ones to fall, or to fall into disrepair. Broken concrete, scraps of metal, and overturned cars remain strewn across many roads and streets, making it difficult for rescuers to reach some areas. Erdogan also declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces for three months. The 7.8-magnitude quake hit just after 4 a.m.

The area of Turkey and Syria that has been hardest hit by Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks is known for having big quakes, ...

This earthquake occurred because "two pieces of the Earth are sliding horizontally past each other," Steckler says. "Sometimes there are very old things, built before the rules existed," he says. And not all the shaking has occurred on this one fault. But that doesn't mean that seismologists could say exactly when a big one would hit, according to Ian Main, a seismologist at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. More recent quakes, such as the 1999 one that struck the city of İzmit, have killed many thousands. That fault has seen some big earthquakes in the past, says Patricia Martínez-Garzón, a seismologist at GFZ Potsdam, a research center in Germany.