Magnitude 7.8 deaths at least 1797
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 occurred in the southeastern part of Turkey (Turkey) and northern Syria on the 6th (local time), killing at least 1,797 people and injuring 7,400 others as of 4:30 pm (10:30 pm Korean time), according to CNN and others. Reported. The earthquake occurred in the early hours of the morning, and many people were crushed by the piles of collapsed buildings. Aftershocks continue, and deteriorating local weather, such as heavy snow and strong winds, also makes rescue difficult.
Turkey’s authorities said that an earthquake struck in the southeast of Gaziantep at 4:17 a.m. on the same day, followed by dozens of aftershocks. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a press conference this afternoon and said, “As of now (as of 1:00 p.m. local time), 912 people have been killed.” He said that 5385 people were injured and that it was impossible to predict how many casualties would increase. In Syria, where civil war has been going on since 2011, at least 783 people have been killed and more than 2,000 injured, according to the state-run Sana News Agency. Earthquakes were detected not only in neighboring Lebanon and Cyprus, but also in Cairo, Egypt, more than 1,000 kilometers away.
According to CNN and others, the earthquake is the largest in 84 years since the 1939 earthquake that killed about 30,000 people in Turkey.
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Source: Donga
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