2 powerful earthquake rocks Turkey! 7.8 and 7.5 earthquake damage thousands of buildings

#earthquake #turkey #syria A major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, flattening thousands of buildings. Dozens of nations pledged aid after the quake, which hit as people were still sleeping and amid freezing weather that has hampered emergency efforts. The quake, which was centered on Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, sent residents of Damascus and Beirut rushing into the street and was felt as far away as Cairo. Multi-storey apartment buildings full of residents were among the 5,600 structures reduced to rubble in Turkey, while Syria announced dozens of collapses, as well as damage to archaeological sites in Aleppo. Monday’s first earthquake struck at 4:17am at a depth of about 18 kilometres near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, which is home to around two million people. The initial quake was followed by dozens of aftershocks, including a tremor that jolted the region in the middle of search and rescue work. Denmark’s