Earthquake

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing scores of people and injuring hundreds as buildings ...

In 2011, a quake in the eastern city of Van killed more than 500. "The earthquake struck in a region that we feared. More than 17,000 people were killed in 1999 when a 7.6-magnitude quake struck Izmit, a city southeast of Istanbul. Geological Survey (USGS) reported a series of further earthquakes following the initial tremor, which it put at a magnitude of 7.8. "Everybody is sitting in their cars or trying to drive to open spaces away from buildings," Erdem said by telephone. "The situation is very tragic, tens of buildings have collapsed in the city of Salqin," a member of the White Helmets rescue organisation said in a video clip on Twitter, referring to a town about 5 km (3 miles) from the Turkish border.

A powerful earthquake has hit Gaziantep in south-eastern Turkey, and northern Syria. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at 4.17am ...

Rushdi Abualouf, a BBC producer in the Gaza Strip, said there was about 45 seconds of shaking in the house he was staying in. A BBC Turkish correspondent in Diyarbakir reported that a shopping mall in the city had collapsed. The earthquake was felt in the capital Ankara and other Turkish cities, and also across the region. A Turkish security official said initially said 17 buildings had collapsed in the southeast province of Diyarbakir. Turkey's disaster management agency AFAD says 76 people have been killed and 440 injured in a massive earthquake that reverberated through several provinces in the south of the country. At least 76 people had been killed and 440 injured in the massive earthquake, Turkish officials say, while there are reports of 42 deaths in Syria.

Scores confirmed dead after 7.8 magnitude tremor hit early on Monday, causing widespread destruction and trapping people under rubble.

Our teams are on the highest levels of alert to respond and rescue those trapped,” A magnitude-6.8 quake hit Elazığ in January 2020, killing more than 40 people. “We hope to get through this together as soon as possible and with the least damage, and we continue our work,” he tweeted. Now we’re all dressed and standing at the door.” “There may be 200 people under the rubble.” That quake killed more than 17,000 people, including about 1,000 in Istanbul. A second tremor was felt at 04:26am local time (0126GMT), with the epicentre in the town of Nurdağı, some 80km (50 miles) south-west. Residents in the town of Pazarcık said they feared for those trapped under fallen buildings. People are all outside, all in fear.” There are buildings that are cracking. There are destroyed buildings around me, there are houses on fire. Thank God, our friends are safe, but we heard there are people who can’t get out of their homes and there are people we can’t reach,” he said.

The powerful earthquake was felt in several provinces and knocked down a number of buildings, with no word yet on casualties.

The quake jolted residents in Lebanon from beds, shaking buildings for about 40 seconds. In the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, at least 15 buildings collapsed. Emergency rooms were full of injured, said Amjad Rass, president of the Syrian American Medical Society. It was centred 18km deep, and a strong 6.7 aftershock rumbled about 10 minutes later. In addition, at least 334 people were injured in Syria. Many of them live in decrepit conditions with little healthcare. In Damascus, buildings shook and many people went down to the streets in fear. Syria’s state media reported that some buildings collapsed in the northern city of Aleppo and the central city of Hama. “We are under extreme pressure.” Earlier, 20 people were reported killed in rebel-held areas of Syria. The civil defence urged people to evacuate buildings to gather in open areas. This raises the overall death toll to 195 in Turkey and Syria.

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management agency says the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck early on Monday (local time) killed at least 76 people in seven Turkish provinces. The agency said 440 people were injured. Meanwhile, the death toll in ...

The quake jolted residents in Lebanon from beds, shaking buildings for about 40 seconds. Mosques around the region were being opened up as a shelter for people unable to return to damaged homes amid temperatures that hovered around freezing. Emergency rooms were full of injured, said Amjad Rass, president of the Syrian American Medical Society. The swath of Syria affected by the quake is divided between government-held and opposition-held areas. Earlier, 20 people were reported killed in rebel-held areas. Dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across the border region. Millions of Syrian refugees live in Turkey. “I don’t have the strength to carry on,” the person cried. Many of them live in decrepit conditions with little health care. It was centred 18km deep. Buildings were reported collapsed in a swath from Syria’s cities of Aleppo and Hama to Turkey’s Diyarbakir, more than 330km to the northeast. “We are under extreme pressure.”