A 7.8 earthquake has hit Central Turkey it's bad

a reply to: putnam6

Some images I hope are accurate.

www.bing.com...

Early totals are already extremely high 284 known dead in Turkey 1710 buildings have collapsed in Turkey earthquake.

and 111 dead in Syria so far

66 after shocks

a reply to: putnam6

237 killed in Syria. Near Aleppo.

originally posted by: vNex92
a reply to: putnam6

237 killed in Syria. Near Aleppo.

Yea I fell asleep in an hour and half the totals are going to continue to climb TRT is expecting quadruple-digit totals in Turkey alone, who knows what totals will come out of Syria...

originally posted by: Tarzan the apeman.
a reply to: putnam6

Some images I hope are accurate.

www.bing.com...

so weird seeing the drone cams show 4 or 5 10-14 story buildings all the same construction and design grouped together, 3 areas still standing, and 1-2 are nothing but rumble. Pure fate, some left searching through 15 levels of pancaked concrete and rebar. They are at least rescuing some pulling people out battered , bruised and shell shocked

My son felt it in Cyprus.
Just waking up to this news, will be following closely.
Rainbows
Jane

Jeez...another huge 7.7 and also 5.9


This seem to just continue non stop..?

originally posted by: autopat51
a reply to: Kenzo
more quakes? are there others happening?

aren't there usually after shocks?

what a tragedy.

originally posted by: Kenzo


Jeez...another huge 7.7 and also 5.9

This seem to just continue non stop..?

getting hammered

Wtaf ? ☹️

news.sky.com...-body

Son reporting from Cyprus that another 7.5 hit Turkey.
Now I feel there's a bigger one to hit.
Sincerely hope I'm very wrong!
Tin foil hat starting to creep on to my head
Rainbows
Jane

originally posted by: angelchemuel
Son reporting from Cyprus that another 7.5 hit Turkey.
Now I feel there's a bigger one to hit.
Sincerely hope I'm very wrong!
Tin foil hat starting to creep on to my head
Rainbows
Jane

I feel you may be right. These quakes may be foreshocks, not after shocks.

No words, just prayers for the multitude of victims and to give the rescuers fortitude.

Looking at the quake locations, it looks like the unzipping of a long fault as they all appear to be in a long line.

Absolutely horrendous for the people over such a large area in both Turkey and Syria.

originally posted by: Britguy
Looking at the quake locations, it looks like the unzipping of a long fault as they all appear to be in a long line.

Absolutely horrendous for the people over such a large area in both Turkey and Syria.

Yes, exactly. The swarm is concentrated along The East Anatolian Fault, which is a strike-slip fault line.



Very dangerous and scary.

a reply to: putnam6
So these quakes are heading southward down the fault line then?
Looks like it.
Not good.
Rainbows
Jane
PS, I have emailed a fellow therapist/student who lives in Turkey. Seriously hope I hear back from her.

originally posted by: autopat51
a reply to: musicismagic
that is good for you, in Turkey the official count is 1710 buildings destroyed so far. wonder how many people are laying in that rubble?

You missed his point. No earthquakes and unusually heavy snowpack means that when that pack lifts, it can cause rebounding and movement in areas where that has been no pressure release *because* there has been no quake all that time.

a reply to: Kenzo

I think the big question is if they are smaller though still big. If they are getting bigger, then it's a real issue. If they are smaller, then at least they are aftershocks. That's still bad, but at least it does mean that things are settling back down.

a reply to: Kenzo
Just watched the video.
Yup, they are moving southward.
Rainbows
Jane

This isn't completely on topic but I sat up last night watching videos of this devastation and I noticed some of the areas had snow on the ground but some of the areas had palm trees. How can two cities so close together have such differences in weather?