A powerful earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale shook Turkey and Syria early Monday morning. It has collapsed buildings and caused more than 1,300 deaths, according to the latest report from both countries.
Social networks have since filled in with a support message center and a network for finding missing people, but also a visualization of what happened during and after the earthquake.
Among the publications you can see several videos of how the earth shakes, the powerful sound of the earthquake and the falling of buildings. The latter’s reportage was one of those that had the greatest visual impact on the networks.
Several users and news channels have reported the collapse of a building in Sanliurfa, Turkey, a few hours after the earthquake. In the videos you can see how cars were crossing the place at that time and people were running to protect themselves.
The epicenter of the main shock, which lasted about 30 seconds around 4:17 local time (01:17 GMT), was the Kahramanmaras region, about 600 kilometers southeast of Ankara, at a depth of seven kilometers. specified the management presidency. of Disasters and Emergencies (AFAD).
Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency initially reported 76 dead and at least 440 injured in the country. In Syria, 237 people died, as well as about 639 injured. But the numbers continue to grow, and more than 1,300 deaths have already been announced in both territories.
Source: Clarin
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