At least 230 people have died in Syria and around 76 in Turkey after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern side of the neighboring country. More than 600 people have been injured in both countries, according to the same imgs, while dozens more have been trapped under the debris of collapsed buildings. At least 50 aftershocks have been recorded so far.
In the hardest-hit province of Aleppo, there are many victims under the rubble of collapsed buildings and hospitals are overwhelmed with wounded.
The United States Seismological Institute (USGS) reported that the tremor was recorded at 04:17 (local time; 03:17 Greek time) and estimated the focal depth to be 17.9 kilometers. The epicenter was in Pazardzhik district, Kahramanmaras province (southeast), about 60 km from the Syrian border as the crow flies.
“All our teams have been put on alert,” Turkish Minister Suleyman Soylu told Turkish private TV network Habertürk, adding that his country’s government was appealing “for international help.”
In Turkey, seismicity is among the highest in the world.
In late November, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in the northwestern part of the country caused about fifty injuries and limited property damage, according to authorities.
In January 2020, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Elazig and Malatya provinces, killing more than 40 people.
In October of the same year, a 7-magnitude earthquake killed 114 people and injured more than 1,000 others off the Turkish coast in the Aegean.
Source: News Beast
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