Turkey earthquake

Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday.

Turkish public broadcaster TRT broadcast live footage of rescue crews operating at a collapsed building in the city of Antakya, one of the worst-hit cities in the Feb. It said residents were recovering belongings from their building — damaged in the Feb. A waiter's family escaped their home and brought blankets into the restaurant to sleep there. Turkish officials say there have been thousands of aftershocks in the last two weeks. "Think about your relatives, your loved ones, your spouses. The Feb.

The new quake was felt in multiple countries, including Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt, and was followed by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Turkish Interior ...

assistance to $185 million and will be provided to international and nongovernmental groups that have been involved in the rescue and recovery efforts. pledges of $100 million in additional aid for Turkey and Syria. He said the U.N. "All of a sudden, the building shook. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who a day earlier announced U.S. I immediately ran downstairs from the second floor.

A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian ...

Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that 18 of the injured are in serious condition and were transported to Adana and Dörtyol. may God help us,” said Zahir, who lives in a town between the cities of Iskenderun and Antakia, in Turkey’s Hatay province. Officials have been urging the public to stay away from buildings. “We don’t know what to do today – today we will stay in the car and in the tent, we don’t know what will happen till tomorrow,” he told CNN. “Our teams are working to take the injured to hospitals, inspect the affected villages and towns, and remove rubble to open the roads for the ambulances,” the White Helmets said. [Turkey](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/19/politics/us-relief-turkey-syria-earthquake/index.html) Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks after [a massive earthquake](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/middleeast/earthquake-turkey-syria-why-deadly-intl/index.html) killed tens of thousands of people in both countries.

Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake ...

Let's start with the earthquake tax that the Turkish government established after the earthquake in 1999 which caused the deaths of 17,000 people in Turkey. In ...

Many of the owners of these buildings have close ties to Pres. One such critic, “a French journalist with long experience in Turkey, Guillaume Perrier, was detained at the Istanbul airport and deported back to France, with a five-year ban on his reentry into the country,” the Middle East Institute reported. Reuters reported the anguished plea from a mother whose two sons were trapped alive for two days under the rubble in Antakya, begging for a crane to rescue her children. In 2021, by a presidential decree, the tax was increased from 7.5 percent to 10 percent on all private communication. With each passing day, the number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey is increasing. Our heart goes out to the nearly 50,000 dead and close to 200,000 injured as of now.

130000 residential buildings will need to be rebuilt to host millions of earthquake survivors in Turkey's south.

To learn more about republishing this content and the associated fees, please fill out this It can be used in new construction because resources are not unlimited," he said. They add that the recycling of the rubble could generate an income of $265m. The debris can be used in road construction and as filling material. He said that he demolition and removal of rubble could take approximately one month per building, and that it would take approximately a year to clear and dispose of the debris. [Read More »](/news/very-small-things-engineers-what-went-wrong-turkey)

As Turkey's leaders promise a swift start to reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone, attention is also turning to Istanbul — and whether Turkey's ...

[has said](https://www.duvarenglish.com/istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-warns-about-risk-of-90000-buildings-collapsing-in-expected-major-quake-news-61848) some 90,000 buildings in Istanbul could be at risk if a major earthquake hits the city. "And the question comes to Istanbul: is Istanbul vulnerable?" This is all happening just weeks before elections were expected to be called, possibly to be held in May. "I mean, you don't need an earthquake of 7.7 [magnitude] to see a building ... These allowed buildings to be constructed more quickly, in part by skipping safety measures intended to strengthen a building's capacity to resist an earthquake. ISTANBUL — The death toll continues to rise from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershocks that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria. in criticism of the response. As for the political implications, Ulgen says, "There are no poll numbers to show the political impact of the disaster, but ultimately it will be a handicap for the government." The lawyer was It remains to be seen whether elections will be possible, given the challenges of holding a vote in heavily damaged cities in the earthquake zone. [reconstruction](https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/erdogan-vows-to-rebuild-after-quake-rescue-work-winds-down/) will start as soon as the rubble is cleared away, and he aims to have the earthquake zone rebuilt within a year. [reportedly](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/cumhurbaskani-erdogan-izmirde-deprem-konutlarinin-tesliminde-konustu-bugune-kadar-ne-soz-verdiysek-yaptik/2431397) boasted that the government had been with the people "from the very first minute."

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's plan to rebuild quickly after devastating earthquakes rocked the country risks courting another disaster unless urban ...

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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck the Turkey-Syria border region, killing at least three people, two weeks after the area was devastated by quakes that ...

Many people fled their homes and were gathering in open areas. Some people got into accidents rushing out, some even jumped from their balconies to escape the earthquake. About 6,000 people died in Syria. Lutfu Savas, Hatay’s mayor, said a number of buildings collapsed on Monday. “We understand that four men had gone into the building to recover some belongings. Turkey’s disaster management agency said a magnitude 5.8 quake followed three minutes later.

As a country with a long history of seismic activity, Turkey is well acquainted with natural disasters and has a dedicated disaster management authority known ...

The failure of the Turkish government to respond effectively to the recent earthquakes highlights the need for Turkey and other states to review their disaster response plans and avoid making the same mistakes. The disaster management authority's failure to have contingency plans has been revealed in the wake of the recent earthquake. Despite boasting a powerful network of security institutions, including the military, intelligence, gendarmerie, police, and watchmen network, and operating overseas in several countries, there was reportedly little to no intervention by the security agencies in the immediate aftermath of the quake. Given the critical role of social media in coordinating rescue and relief efforts, this approach has been deemed particularly problematic by experts and observers alike. However, these assets were not utilized to their full potential during the crisis, despite their proven effectiveness in even the challenging war circumstances. Speaking to volunteers who aided in the rescue efforts during the catastrophic 1999 earthquakes that rocked northwestern Turkey, they credit the military for rapidly bringing order to the chaotic aftermath of the quake. The rigidity of centralization has hindered the decision-making process, and local actors have faced intense criticism for their slow response. Although centralized systems are commonly lauded for their capacity to streamline decision-making and emergency response, the recent earthquake in Turkey has exposed their limitations. [a drill in 2019](https://kahramanmaras.afad.gov.tr/kahramanmaras-ulusal-deprem-tatbikati-gerceklestirildi), with the anticipation of receiving help from neighboring cities. These glaring inadequacies highlight the importance of scrutinizing the reaction to such crises, as it is critical to ensuring that they do not occur again. As a country with a long history of seismic activity, Turkey is well acquainted with natural disasters and has a dedicated disaster management authority known as AFAD. Their exceptional transportation and communication capabilities, combined with their rigorous NATO-trained discipline, would have been vital in coordinating rescue efforts.

World needs to wait and watch if disaster diplomacy can bring long-term peace.

Natural disasters can incentivize countries in the conflict to cooperate by delegitimizing divisions and increasing mutual trust. To map the links between disaster and diplomacy has been an interest of many years. In recent months Turkey has tried to improve its relations with Syria, and the shared misery from the disaster may expedite that process. The steps we have taken to normalize our relations with the countries of the region, especially with Israel, are obvious. Significant support to Turkey has come from NATO member countries led by the US. Two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 have killed close to 50,000 people, and the number is likely to rise further.

Satellite images have shown how the ground cracked open as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The 7.8-magnitude quake on February ...

In the morning, when we saw what happened here, we said this must be the epicentre,” he told Reuters. We saw water and sand gushing out.” Splits appeared across fields and roads, moving buildings by metres in either direction. We lost hope. Before-and-after images of the nearby countryside, above, show grasslands and highways split in two. Satellite images have shown how the ground cracked open as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and neighbouring Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake.

“We have nearly $80 million in donations from the private sector in the United States, [from] individuals. government had responded “within hours” to the disaster and had so far sent hundreds of personnel and relief supplies. That increases the overall death toll in both Turkey and Syria to 44,844. ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces devastated by the Feb. Blinken said in Ankara that the U.S. The boy later died.

Turkey's struggle to heal from this calamity is only just beginning, while the country faces the massive task of preparing for future disasters.

This is a massive task, to be sure - but the selflessness and resilience of the Turkish people give me reassurance and hope that it will be completed. [attacking](https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-opposition-anger-response/) the government on the initial speed of the response. Turkey has been a major humanitarian actor for many years, and the powerful international response during the earthquake is evidence of this. As someone who experienced the 1999 earthquake in Istanbul, I am sure that emotions will run high, and this will be a very difficult subject to discuss for a long time to come. The country also invested in a national [disaster management agency](https://en.afad.gov.tr/about-us) to coordinate the government’s response in times of emergency. But this will be only one aspect of the recovery process - and returning to “normal” life will take a long time, as cities continue to grapple with an affordable [housing crisis](https://apnews.com/article/inflation-business-turkey-istanbul-a15e32848b8f79d347da9a2cd689d919). The serial collapse of so many poorly constructed buildings on badly chosen grounds is the main culprit for the scale of loss, and it is a collective failure of the construction culture that has created this systemic risk. In this process, friends and allies of Turkey must continue to stand by the country for the long haul. This speaks volumes to the character of this nation, in the face of such catastrophe. Television reports and social media posts can convey only a fraction of the monumental challenges that the Turkish people are constantly overcoming. The best news out of this calamity is that the people of this country are not giving up anytime soon. Recovery will be a long struggle, but one that cannot be avoided, as most of the country sits on major fault lines.

Turkey's disaster management authority said six people were killed and 294 others were injured with 18 in critical condition after Monday's 6.4-magnitude quake.

The majority of deaths in the massive Feb. The epicenter was in southern Kahramanmaras province. Hatay was one of the worst-hit provinces in Turkey in the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck on Feb. They were caught up in the new quake. Thousands of buildings were destroyed in the province and Monday’s quake further damaged buildings. It was also felt in Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and as far away as Egypt, and followed by a second, magnitude 5.8 temblor, and dozens of aftershocks.

Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities said on Tuesday.

Even before the tremors, opinion polls showed he was under pressure from a cost of living crisis, which could worsen as the disaster has disrupted agricultural production. The area is controlled by insurgents at war with President Bashar al-Assad. The U.S. "If I rebuild here but they can't return, my life will be lost." She now lives in a tent in a park in Antakya after the Feb. 6 quake, with a magnitude 7.8, forced her out of her home.

The 6.3-magnitude quake struck near the town of Uzunbag in Turkey's Hatay Province just after 5 p.m. local time, according to the United States Geological ...

The 6.3-magnitude quake struck near the town of Uzunbag in Turkey’s Hatay Province just after 5 p.m. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, the Turkish capital, Vice President Fuat Oktay said that eight people had been injured and warned residents of the quake zone to stay away from damaged buildings. We need tents, tents.”

The quake hit the Turkish town of Defne on Monday at 8pm (2004 EAT)

He said they did not know what to do and as they grabbed each other, the building walls fell on them. The building moved back and forth; the cars moved left to right. Images from Dogan News Agency (DHA) showed a hospital in Antakya being evacuated. Eleven provinces in Turkey were hit by the previous tremors and on Sunday, officials said rescue operations would continue in only two of the provinces namely, Hatay and Kahramanmaras. "We rushed out. It was also felt in Lebanon and Cyprus.

The toll from two earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday – two weeks after powerful quakes killed more than 47,000 people – has risen to eight, ...

The city is uninhabitable, along with nearby Antakya and Kahramanmaraş. The first 6.3-magnitude quake struck near the Turkish city of Antakya, which was all but destroyed by the 6 February quake and is largely uninhabitable. Most of the injuries were caused by people jumping from structures, or falling as they fled over rubble and walls.

The destruction in Turkey and Syria shows the urgent need to invest in emergency preparedness across the region.

To learn more about republishing this content and the associated fees, please fill out this The slow strangulation and besiegement of northwestern Syria has decimated its productive capacities and local economy, rendering the area dependent on external aid. While residents are in immediate need of life-saving aid, over the coming months there must also be a focus on longer-term recovery and reconstruction efforts across northwestern Syria. A promising example is the mud-brick houses built to house internally displaced persons in northwestern Syria. The lack of attention to disaster preparedness in construction practices has been reflected by a failure to enforce building codes, or to retrofit buildings with earthquake-resistant features, resulting in recently constructed buildings being levelled by the earthquake. One such area is the neglected issue of psychosocial support for people in a region where millions have been through 12 [years of war](https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/syria-war), multiple displacements, and severe economic hardships. [experts are calling](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/11/middleeast/turkey-syria-earthquake-recovery-intl/index.html) for official investigations into what went wrong and why the building codes developed after the 1999 Izmit/Golcuk earthquake were ignored. The complex emergency in this region has been exacerbated by issues such as the [return of Syrian refugees](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/16/syrian-refugees-return-home-from-turkey-after-quake-devastation) from affected areas in Turkey, and the re-displacement of the already displaced. There is considerable anger from the populations of both countries with regards to the lack of disaster preparedness. Recognising the scale of this challenge, we have five forward-looking recommendations on how to respond effectively to the tasks of relief and recovery in the affected regions, in particular northwestern Syria. Since the earthquake occurred, numerous blockages have delayed and prevented the timely delivery of life-saving aid to affected communities, particularly in northwestern Syria. This would involve reaching out to the most vulnerable groups who have been disproportionately affected by the crisis - in particular poor and internally displaced persons (IDP).

Turkey's disaster management agency said six people were killed and about 300 injured – 18 critically. Two people died in Syria. Live updates.

The previous quakes had killed more than 21,000 people in his province, he said, adding that 80% of homes and businesses needed to be rebuilt or fortified. [Buildings collapse in Syria] [In Syria's rebel-controlled northwest, almost 200 people were injured, mostly cases of broken bones and bruises, according to the White Helmets, the local civil defense organization. "Our teams are working tirelessly to clear rubble & debris, secure damaged buildings, open roads, and retrieve belongings of civilians," the White Helmets tweeted. More than 1 million people were left homeless in Turkey alone by the earlier quakes. Hatay, which borders Syria and the Mediterranean Sea, was hit hard by the Feb. The earthquake, which struck Monday at 8:04 p.m., was centered in the town of Defne in Turkey's Hatay province.

The Erdogan government's response to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey has been widely criticised. But how it might affect the forthcoming presidential ...

A sign of this is the Turkish government’s [refusal of Cyprus’s offer](https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/08/earthquake-disaster-turkey-cyprus/) of assistance. [postpone the elections](https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-opposition-anger-response/), citing emergency relief efforts. It is likely to dramatically alter the country’s internal political trajectory and its involvement in regional conflicts. [Turkish lira collapsed](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/turkey-financial-crisis-lira-plunges-again-amid-contagion-fears). [annexing Northern Cyprus](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/erdogan-wants-to-annex-northern-cyprus-top-us-senator-says) remains a possibility for Erdogan. Erdogan, who founded the AKP, has been criticised for his increasingly authoritarian tendencies and his consolidation of power. Turkish rock star [Haluk Levent](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2023/02/17/in-turkey-haluk-levent-is-a-rock-star-with-a-big-heart_6016230_117.html) launched his own aid and rescue operations, collecting millions and mobilising thousands of volunteers faster than the government. It was thought an all-powerful president would speed up bureaucracy and place the country on a fast trajectory of progress and development. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been calling for an Erdogan’s AKP could lose votes in quake zones where Kurdish votes hold the balance of power. [People are now asking](https://www.jagrantv.com/en-show/turkey-earthquake-public-angry-over-turkish-government-about-earthquake-tax-people-asks-about-the-funds-collected-through-tax-rc1038583) what happened to all that money. While this might have seemed a good idea, AFAD’s dependence on government orders [paralysed](https://twitter.com/yirmiucderece/status/1622880238009982976?s=20&t=37EWhfJCmCA_j8YvA4JRAw) its response capability.

Monday another earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border. This time, the quake registered as a magnitude 6.3 — an order lower than the ...

"But we know that the earth works in particular ways, and we know that more aftershocks are likely and they're going to continue to feel shaking. "I would love to be able to say to the people in Syria and Turkey like, 'You're done. And as NPR [previously reported](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158377966/new-earthquake-turkey), some locals were inside buildings trying to recover belongings lost in the initial quake when Monday's aftershock hit. In that way, "they're the only earthquakes that we can actually kind of predict," Bohan says. She notes that aftershocks are common and expected, occurring up to years after an earthquake. [magnitude 6.3](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jqcn/executive) — an order lower than the initial, devastating [7.8 magnitude earthquake](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/05/1154719598/turkey-syria-earthquake) and the magnitude 7.5 aftershock that struck the area two weeks ago on Feb.

CLAIM: Video shows a fracture in Earth's crust created by recent earthquakes in Turkey. AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. While the severe earthquakes in Turkey this ...

Groups including the [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjrtc49uDA8&ab_channel=%E9%B1%BC%E8%BF%9C%E8%A1%8C) in [2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkaU3yNxss4&ab_channel=%E4%BA%BC%E4%BA%BC%E5%BD%B1%E8%A7%86), long before this month’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. “They are from Pinglu County in Shanxi Province.” [Satellite imagery](https://earth.google.com/web/search/pinglu+county/@34.88329821,111.15844682,641.39052501a,14868.65916939d,35y,-0.00122186h,1.23637905t,0r/data=CngaThJICiUweDM2Nzk4NDMyYzQ2ZDEyOTE6MHgyNDVkYmM4NTdkOTc3MzllGVG6mXbWakFAIUbOwp52zFtAKg1waW5nbHUgY291bnR5GAEgASImCiQJmUi3Xn7ORkARj330UFzORkAZxsAbO8GrXsAhX0m1_dGrXsA) of this region of northern China matches the geographical features in the footage. “The Loess plateau is a thick layer of windblown dust from the last ice age that erodes fairly easily,” said Steckler, a research professor in marine geology and geophysics. “The cracks are definitely not related to the recent earthquakes in Turkey,” said Steve Gao, professor of geophysics at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

The fire brigade from Mardin saved five people from under the rubble in Gaziantep. On the way back to Mardin, the team had a plus one, a cat named Wreck.

We will get through this trauma together,” [said](https://t24.com.tr/haber/itfaiye-eri-enkazdan-129-uncu-saatte-kurtardiklari-kediyi-sahiplendi,1093206) the fireman. My family treats the cat as a member of the family. While one of the cats was returned back to its owner, the second cat was taken adopted by the crew. [said](https://t24.com.tr/haber/itfaiye-eri-enkazdan-129-uncu-saatte-kurtardiklari-kediyi-sahiplendi,1093206) that as the 90-member crew arrived in Gaziantep and were working to pull those still alive from under the rubble, they also rescued three budgies inside their cage. The cat is now in my home. As for the cats, Çakas said that after the rescue, Wreck refused to leave his sight.

Shaheedur Rahman, from Birmingham, was helping victims of the first earthquake when a second struck.

The country's authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since the 6 February earthquake, but the BBC's team in the region said the latest event felt much stronger. The earlier event of 6 February - 7.8 in magnitude - killed more than 44,000 people. A Birmingham aid worker helping with relief efforts in Turkey following the earthquake of 6 February says another quake has made his next move uncertain.