Earthquakes have wreaked havoc in Turkey and Syria. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey. After which another earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck again. More than 4000 people have died due to the earthquake so far. While more than 10,000 people have been injured. After this disaster, 3 more earthquake shocks were felt in Turkey.
The earthquake has caused terrible devastation in Turkey and Syria. More than 2800 buildings have collapsed in the earthquake and more than 2400 people have been rescued from the rubble. After the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, India has extended a helping hand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over this and assured to send all the help…India’s 100-member team of NDRF, dog squad, doctor’s team, relief materials were also sent to Turkey to help. Elbistan was the epicenter of another 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Turkey. When the second earthquake hit, people immediately came out of their houses and gathered on the roads.
Scientists say that aftershocks after a strong earthquake could cause further devastation in Turkey. So far all these buildings have suffered a lot of shocks due to heavy earthquakes, but if there is even a slight earthquake in the future, it will not be likely to collapse. If this happens, not only destruction, but it will become difficult to save people’s lives. Also, infrastructure worth billions of rupees may also be destroyed.
The quake was also felt as far away as Cairo, Lebanon and Cyprus. The strong quake forced Turkey to stop the flow of oil at its Ceyhan export terminal on the Mediterranean coast as a precaution. However, no leaks were found on the crude supply pipelines.
The earthquake was the most powerful in Turkey since 1939, when a powerful earthquake hit the eastern city of Ergincan, killing 33,000 people, said a professor of geology at Istanbul Technical University. Turkey is located in one of the world’s most active seismic zones, where major earthquakes are a constant threat. Earlier in 1999, a powerful earthquake in northwestern Turkey killed about 18,000 people, including about 1,000 in Istanbul. Deuz was one of the areas hit by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey the worst in decades. In January 2020, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Aegean Sea in October, killing 114 people. According to the United States Geological Survey, 18 aftershocks were recorded after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake, with a magnitude greater than 4. After the first earthquake, 7 major earthquakes had a magnitude greater than 5.
