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Türkiye-Syria earthquakes 2023

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Temporary tents raised for the 2023 earthquake survivors in Turkiye
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INTRODUCTION

On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes struck southern and central Türkiye, and northern and western Syria. The first had a magnitude of Mw 7.8 and the second of Mw 7.7.

In Türkiye, there were at least 31,974 deaths (as of 14 February 2023) and 80,278 injured across the ten most affected provinces. At least 13.5 million people and 4 million buildings have been affected. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change conducted damage inspections for 763,000 buildings; at least 41,791 buildings in 10 Turkish provinces were heavily damaged or destroyed, leaving about 150,000 people homeless.

The economic losses are likely to surpass $20bn, according to Verisk (FT, 14 February 2023).

In Syria, at least 5,714 people were killed, and over 14,500 were injured (as of 13 February 2023). It was estimated that up to 5.37 million people across Syria might have been made homeless, while a total of 10.9 million people, nearly half of the country's population, were affected.

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Turkey's earthquake is a warning for Istanbul, which would face even more deaths from a quake

City has 15 million people and thousands of buildings that aren't ready
CBC/Radio-Canada
Yellow building collapsed after an earthquake.
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Turkey-Syria earthquakes: shallow depth of main shocks is a key reason why they’ve been so devastating

The earthquakes that struck in Turkey and Syria in the early hours of February 6 have led to terrible destruction on a scale not seen in Europe for many decades. At the time of writing, the death toll has risen beyond 11,000 people.
Conversation Media Group, the
Collapsed building due to the Turkey-Syria 2023 earthquakes
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Earthquake footage shows Turkey’s buildings collapsing like pancakes. An expert explains why

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Conversation Media Group, the
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An earthquake the size of Turkey’s would bring devastation, death to Southern California

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Los Angeles Times
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Turkey-Syria earthquake: how disaster diplomacy can bring warring countries together to save lives

The death toll of the massive earthquakes that have rocked the Turkey-Syria border region has now exceeded 5,000 people and the World Health Organization has suggested it could rise as high as 20,000.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened

An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused by earthquake waves suggest that this event was a 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Netanyahu orders NSC to assess earthquake preparedness, with thousands in danger

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders National Security Council chief Tzachi Hanegbi to assess Israel’s preparedness for an earthquake in the wake of the deadly temblor that hit Turkey and Syria.
Times of Israel, the
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