after the violent earthquake of magnitude 7.8 that shook a large area in the southeast of Turkey in the early hours of the morning of Monday, February 6, and that left more than 2,500 people dead, thousands injured and buildings collapsed, another tremor registered again, in this case about 80 kilometers away, also on the border with Syria.
The series of powerful earthquakes So far, it has left 2,509 dead and more than 12,100 injured in the two countries, and destroyed thousands of buildings, according to details of the Vice President of Turkey, Fuat Oktay. The president assured that “Only in Damascus the dead reach at least 538 and the wounded exceed 1,350. In other provinces, such as Idlib and Aleppo, 430 fatalities and more than 1,000 injuries have been reported so far.”
The authorities claimed that “There is a strong operation to search for survivors” in cities and towns in the “extensive affected area”, under the rubble and concrete blocks of the thousands of collapsed buildings and homes. The epicenter of the new earthquake It was located in the city of Elbistan, about 80 kilometers north of the first movement that violently woke the villagers before dawn.
He epicenter of the early morning earthquake was located in the city of Gaziantep, some 90 kilometers from the border with Syria and was felt in Cairo, Egypt. After the two main movements, at least 20 aftershocks were recorded, some several hours later.. The most violent registered a magnitude of 6.6 according to the Turkish authorities.
Quake It destroyed buildings from the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Hama to Diyarbakir, more than 330 kilometers away, and was also felt in Lebanon, Syria, and Cyprus., according to international media correspondents. In addition, Syrian state sources denounced that in Beirut and Damascus structures trembled and “the people took to the streets in terror.”
