One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Turkey occurred on Monday, killing thousands of people and destroying a densely populated area in the south of the country and in northern Syria.
The area was particularly vulnerable to a major earthquake. The old buildings are quite and thousands were destroyed. Infrastructure in northern Syria was already fragile after years of airstrikes and bombings during the country’s civil war.
Just nine hours after the initial earthquake, an unusually strong new earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred as a “domino effect” on the same fault, according to seismologistsabout 60 miles north of the former, the US Geological Survey said.
And while the full extent of the damage remains unknown, apartment buildings, hotels and other buildings collapsed in dozens of towns near the epicenter on both sides of the border.
Source: News Beast
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