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Deaths already approaching 100.

Doctor in one town in Syria is fearing hundreds there alone...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/ ... atest-news

Very much fearful we could be looking at another Haiti 2010 situation...
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Almost 200 now being reported dead... at the rate this death toll is growing we are going to be close to 10000 by the end of the day...





And that would not be surprising based on this shake map... at least 3 major cities of 1m+ people in the area of violent shaking.

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wjfox wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:53 am

As expected, a second earthquake has now hit.

7.5 magnitude at 13:30 local time (10:30 GMT).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/64533954

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Death toll is now over 2300 people and rising fast.

I think what is perhaps most irritating here is that for all the Erdogan government has been spending on huge infrastructure projects of questionable value (Istanbul canal anyone?) None, of this seems to have gone where it is really needed into seismic refitting and earthquake protection so that Turkey can withstand earthquakes like this.

Turkey has been warned over and over again about this and has not done much to address these issues. The only saving grace of this situation is that this earthquake was not under Istanbul because if it had been it likely could've killed hundreds of thousands of people. Turkey needs to learn from this one and aggressively pursue earthquake resilience in it's infrastructure and cities as Turkey is one of the most earthquake prone nations on earth along with Japan, Chile, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Syria is going to be a Haiti like disaster and this could keep the nation stuck in non-development status for years. Unlike Turkey, Syria has neither the capacity or funds to carry out earthquake mitigation. And historically even moderate size earthquakes have been extremely deadly in Syria due to the construction standards there. Don't be surprised if there is a major refugee crisis from this quake as the government fails to address the is destroyed infrastructure from this quake.

I expect in the end we will be looking at somewhere around 20k-50k dead between the two countries...
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The earthquake destroyed the 2200 year old Gaziantep Castle:



More world heritage sites have likely been damaged/destroyed as well...

This is quite the testament to the power of this earthquake in this area and may be the most powerful ever on the East Anatolian fault line...
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I think this is probably the Conservative estimate…
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Turkey and Syria death toll from the earthquake climbs to more than 2,500
From CNN's Mia Alberti, Hira Humayun, Isil Sariyuce and Hande Atay Alam
The death toll across Turkey and Syria has risen to at least 2,509 following a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in southern Turkey early Monday.

The total number of injured in Turkey and Syria climbed to 12,136 on Monday.

The total death toll in Syria rose to 968. Syria's state-run news agency SANA reported 538 across government-controlled areas and the "White Helmets" group, officially known as the Syria Civil Defense, reported 430 deaths in opposition-controlled areas.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html
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Quake death toll rises to nearly 4,900 in Turkey and Syria
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html
From Isil Tariyuce in Istanbul and Celine Alkhaldi)
At least 4,890 deaths have now been confirmed in Turkey and Syria after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the region early on Monday.

Turkey's death toll rose to at least 3,381 as of around 9:45 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Orhan Tatar, an official with the country's disaster management agency, said in a televised briefing.

At least 20,426 injuries have also been reported, according to Tatar.

So far, 11,000 buildings have been reported damaged in Turkey, he said. Nearly 25,000 emergency responders are working at scenes impacted, he added.
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