Huge earthquake in Turkey and Northern Syria 05-06/02/23

[teqniq]

Fuck it. i think this deserves it own thread. Massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and northern Syria last night followed by a another quake of level 6 today. Scenes of complete devastation:

Cross posted from the earthquake and volcano thread


Some vids:







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[JimW]

Horrifying watching the known death toll and projections continuing to rise so sharply.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Horrifying watching the known death toll and projections continuing to rise so sharply.

Absolutely heartbreaking.

 

[Flavour]

It's been two separate earthquakles (a "doublet") over 7.5 and each has had an aftershock over 6. So 4 earthquakes over 6 in total

 

[Flavour]

Latest Earthquakes

earthquake.usgs.gov

 

[Flavour]

I think total death toll will be over 10.000. Throw into the mix the fact that it's very very cold there right now, has been snowing today, and temperatures could go as low as -4 tonight. And there are now hundreds of thousands without shelter.

 

[JimW]

Reports here than China has offered aid, as has the UK plus Russia, India, Qatar and Iran and they're making a thing about Israel apparently cooperating with Syria to help.

 

[teqniq]

This article give some idea of the issues face by aid organisations.

Turkïye-Syria earthquake strikes a region where millions already in crisis

A vital Syrian border crossing and aid hub have been hit hard.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

Meanwhile on Twitter one or two dodgy types are using this as an opportunity to call for lifting of sanctions on the Syrian regime. I think not. The people that need the aid most would be the least likely to benefit.

 

[Pickman's model]

teqniq pls could you pop the date in the title

 

[teqniq]

teqniq pls could you pop the date in the title

Done

 

[ChrisD]

Anyone seen map of location etc ?

 

[ChrisD]

Anyone seen map of location etc ?

Turkey earthquake is country's worst disaster in 84 years - Erdogan

The death toll continues to rise after two powerful tremors struck as people slept.

www.bbc.co.uk

Has map at end of article...

 

[spellbinder]

That's scary as hell hope theres no more

 

[Dogsauce]

More buildings will collapse over the following days, quakes do structural damage that takes time to progress to full failure, you’re just not safe near any tall structures. Absolutely terrifying footage from so many places, this will be tens of thousands dead in mostly an area which has already suffered from years of conflict with many displaced people. Heartbreaking.

 

[miss direct]

I have donated here: Turkey Mozaik Foundation

I have colleagues sleeping in cars and in schools tonight. Schools are closed for a week.

 

[spellbinder]

I have donated here: Turkey Mozaik Foundation

I have colleagues sleeping in cars and in schools tonight. Schools are closed for a week.

Liked for the donation link - thanks

 

[spitfire]

For anyone local to Bethnal Green/Victoria Park/Roman Road.

 

[Idris2002]

I was talking earlier to one of Mrs Idris' friends, who has contacts in that region. She says that there's one city (can't remember the name) which has the reputation of being the left-wing city . . . and the talk is already that Erdogan is going to block them from receiving aid, to punish them. . .

 

[teqniq]

Where Erdogan is concerned, nothing would surprise me unfortunately.

 

[Idris2002]

Where Erdogan is concerned, nothing would surprise me unfortunately.

The city is Gaziantep, apparently.

 

[miss direct]

Not Gaziantep. Hatay. Although maybe both.

I have a colleague missing there along with her mother. The entire complex of flats collapsed.

 

[Riklet]

Terrible. Im wondering what I can do to help.

Maybe fundraising locally.

 

[Flavour]

Risk assessment firm Risklayer estimates 35,000 dead now, based on the number of residential building collapses (over 5000 in Turkey alone)

 

[Spymaster]

For anyone local to Bethnal Green/Victoria Park/Roman Road.

Nice one. I had a clearout at the weekend and have a load of suitable stuff that was earmarked for eBay.

This is better.

 

[spitfire]

Nice one. I had a clearout at the weekend and have a load of suitable stuff that was earmarked for eBay.

This is better.

Yeah there's a lot of very cold people with no clothes and I think this is the fastest possible way to get some stuff over there. They're nice in there and it's a good shop.

 

[klang]

this is so desperately sad...poor poor people!

 

[klang]

For anyone local to Bethnal Green/Victoria Park/Roman Road.

will bring lots of baby / toddler stuff.

 

[Petcha]

They just said on Sky that the UK rescue people/dogs only left an hour or so ago. They were supposed to leave last night but there was a 'hold-up' at the airport Please tell me there wasn't some jobsworth involved being anal about immigration or visa issues.

 

[Pickman's model]

They just said on Sky that the UK rescue people/dogs only left an hour or so ago. They were supposed to leave last night but there was a 'hold-up' at the airport Please tell me there wasn't some jobsworth involved being anal about immigration or visa issues.

yeh i'm sure the turks were keeping strongly to the letter of their law about immigration and transport of animals

 

[spitfire]

Might just have been a broken aircraft.