ANKARA: A powerful 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria during the wee hours of Monday morning, killing more than 500 people and injuring thousands other.
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— serbestiyet (@serbestiyetweb) February 6, 2023
Among the worst part hit by the earthquake is Kahramanmaraş.
Depremin merkez üssü Kahramanmaraş'ın Pazarcık ilçesinde, yıkılan binaların enkazlarında arama kurtarma çalışmaları yürütülüyor.#deprem pic.twitter.com/hsPpq79fVH
— Antalya Cityzone (@AntalyaCityzone) February 6, 2023
Also read: More than 500 killed, thousands injured as powerful 7.8 earthquake jolts Türkiye, Syria
Officials said rescue and relief operation continues in the affected areas and the casualties are set to rise as more and more bodies are being pulled out of the rubbles.
This is the moment a building in Türkiye’s Sanliurfa collapsed after a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Türkiye pic.twitter.com/VF4c1Efu9E
— TRT World (@trtworld) February 6, 2023
Local disaster management authority said Turkey alone received some 66 aftershocks, some as strong as magnitude 6.6, due to which more than 1700 buildings had collapsed in southeastern region.
The City of İskenderun in Southern Turkey has suffered some of the most Severe Damage caused by the Earthquake, there are reports that Fire and Rescue Crews are unable to get to many parts of the City with 100s if not 1000s of people expected to still be under collapsed buildings pic.twitter.com/kMV2hgEBXZ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 6, 2023
Airport operations in the southeastern region have been shutdown due to immense losses.
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Merkez üssü #Kahramanmaraş'ın Pazarcık ilçesi olan 7,4 büyüklüğündeki deprem nedeniyle meydana gelen göçükten bir kız çocuğu kurtarıldı.#deprem pic.twitter.com/8mZUmjr72i
— A Haber (@ahaber) February 6, 2023
A woman was pulled alive from the rubble of a house that was destroyed by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye’s southern provinces during the early hours of February 6. pic.twitter.com/tbvL5on4eV
— TRT World (@trtworld) February 6, 2023
People in some earthquake hit areas complained about not receiving any relief help.
I am receiving some messages from Adiyaman that the destruction is bad but no help is coming to rescue people. This video is reportedly from Besni. Please pay attention to Adiyaman and its towns pic.twitter.com/aVecrYRJZx
— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) February 6, 2023
Surveillance cameras too captured the moment and impact of the powerful 7.8 earthquake.
????Gaziantep’te medyanda gelen deprem güvenlik kamerasına böyle yansıdı pic.twitter.com/KOgvhq30gD
— A Haber (@ahaber) February 6, 2023
Videos and pics posted by local users show the amount of destruction caused by the earthquake.
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arkadaşımızın ulaştırdığı görüntüler lütfen yardım edin #Hatay #hataydeprem #DEPREMOLDU #deprem #AFAD #AFADhatay #antakya @AFADBaskanlik
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@DocDrLutfuSavas pic.twitter.com/fwNeHxf32M— Barış (@BarsGzg) February 6, 2023
Hatay, Kırkhan yatdım bekliyor. #deprem pic.twitter.com/MW3kvj0XFh
— Gökhan İlhan (@Gokhnilhan) February 6, 2023
