7.8 Earthquake Hits Central Turkey

[8kun.top]

6.7 after shock

Earthquake Info
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Central Turkey on 2/5/2023, 6:28 PM

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Live Updates: Deadly Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Is Felt in Israel and Syria​

Initial reports said at least five people had been killed in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Significant casualties are likely in Turkey, the United States Geological Survey said.

Live Updates: Deadly Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Is Felt in Israel and Syria

Initial reports said at least five people had been killed in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Significant casualties are likely in Turkey, the United States Geological Survey said.

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7.8 Earthquake in Turkey - LIVE Breaking News Coverage

A 7.8 earthquake has hit Central Turkey. Get the latest on the 7.8 Turkey earthquake in our LIVE breaking news coverage,The earthquake struck around 23 miles...

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[ihawk in FWB]

Geez! 7.8, that's a disaster for sure.

 

[8kun.top]

The quake hit at a shallow depth of 24.1 km beneath the epicenter near Gaziantep, Turkey, early morning on Monday, February 6th, 2023, at 4:17 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 7.0, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 7.7, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 7.8, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 7.6.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
If the preliminary data about magnitude and depth are correct, the quake was extremely dangerous. It has the potential to cause catastrophic impacts on people and infrastructure, probably involving severe and wide-spread damage, especially in areas near the epicenter.

Major magnitude 7.8 earthquake - 34 km west of Gaziantep, Turkey, on Monday, Feb 6, 2023 at 3:17 am (GMT +2) - 1751 user experience reports

Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Major magnitude 7.8 earthquake - 34 km west of Gaziantep, Turkey, on Monday, Feb 6, 2023 at 3:17 am (GMT +2) - 1751 user experience reports

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[hawkifann]

We were in Istanbul for our honeymoon about 10 days before that 1999 earthquake.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

The Twitters on the Internets are saying the main quake lasted about 90 seconds. Holy shit. That can’t be good.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

Suns probably just rising there. It was in the middle of the night when it hit, in the 30s and rainy as well. Not the best of conditions for the rescue crews.

 

[Hawk_82]

Suns probably just rising there. It was in the middle of the night when it hit, in the 30s and rainy as well. Not the best of conditions for the rescue crews.

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I would assume that there would be more deaths when it occurs at night. A lot of people sleeping in their beds won't have a chance to escape the multi level buildings.

 

[NoleATL]

A 3rd at 7.5 reported on Twitter.

 

[8kun.top]

 

[noleclone2]

If 7.8 and shallow, this death toll will be horrible.

 

[bdg8]

It’s happening

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

^ It starts with an earthquake … birds and snakes are next I believe.

 

[Tenacious E]

If 7.8 and shallow, this death toll will be horrible.

CNN says 1500 between turkey and Syria.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

 

[noleclone2]

CNN says 1500 between turkey and Syria.

I will be surprised if it is not somewhere 10-100 times that before this is over

 

[Joes Place]

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[noleclone2]

Reminder from one of the board Geologist that the Richter scale is a magnitude scale and is not linear but logarithmic. So a size 7 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a size 6. A size 8 is a 100 times stronger than a 6. To give you an idea of how big this was to occur in a populated area.

There is also a Moment magnitude scale that is better and often confused in media. It too is log based. It better accounts for the overall size and shear/slip which typically correspond to area impacted and length of impact.

 

[Fan In Black]

wow. sad.

 

[Joes Place]

Reminder from one of the board Geologist that the Richter scale is a magnitude scale and is not linear but logarithmic. So a size 7 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a size 6. A size 8 is a 100 times stronger than a 6. To give you an idea of how big this was to occur in a populated area.

There is also a Moment magnitude scale that is better and often confused in media. It too is log based. It better accounts for the overall size and shear/slip which typically correspond to area impacted and length of impact.

Yep

Every 0.3 increase is a doubling of the amplitude of the quake
7.3 is 2x greater than a 7; 7.6 is 4x greater amplitude than 7

 

[PoopandBoogers]

Read that it was a restored part of the castle that collapsed, but damn.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

Filming live as another one hit.

 

[noleclone2]

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Read that it was a restored part of the castle that collapsed, but damn.

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That Castle puts some perspective on things since this is a very earthquake prone area....

 

[noleclone2]

Filming live as another one hit.

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These after shocks are taking everything down.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

 

[PoopandBoogers]

 

[Jan Itor]

6.7 after shock

Earthquake Info
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Central Turkey on 2/5/2023, 6:28 PM

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Live Updates: Deadly Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Is Felt in Israel and Syria​

Initial reports said at least five people had been killed in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Significant casualties are likely in Turkey, the United States Geological Survey said.

Live Updates: Deadly Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Is Felt in Israel and Syria

Initial reports said at least five people had been killed in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Significant casualties are likely in Turkey, the United States Geological Survey said.

www.nytimes.com

7.8 Earthquake in Turkey - LIVE Breaking News Coverage

A 7.8 earthquake has hit Central Turkey. Get the latest on the 7.8 Turkey earthquake in our LIVE breaking news coverage,The earthquake struck around 23 miles...

www.youtube.com

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Oh great, another Turkey shortage.

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

This is probably just the beginning….Yellowstone next?

 

[Theyset.theStage]

This is probably just the beginning….Yellowstone next?

 

[Jimmy McGill]

This is probably just the beginning….Yellowstone next?

 

[noleclone2]

Interesting.

 

[WadeLookingbill]

Interesting.

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Wow! Maybe we should listen to this guy?

 

[Theyset.theStage]

The big #earthquakes in #Turkey have likely led to destabilization of fault lines across the world. There could be many earthquakes in many areas across the world over the next few to several days. One, a Magnitude ~4.2 just hit Buffalo, NY.

 

[DooBi]

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Holy shit! It's amazing now with everyone having a video camera in their pocket. This would have been a story we read about in the newspaper and would have had no idea of the reality of it. Now we see it first hand (or first hand view anyway).

 

[Jimmy McGill]

The big #earthquakes in #Turkey have likely led to destabilization of fault lines across the world. There could be many earthquakes in many areas across the world over the next few to several days. One, a Magnitude ~4.2 just hit Buffalo, NY.

Maybe we'll get to see the Mississippi River flow backwards

 

[Fan In Black]

scary shit. Amazing to me that people film with their phones. I would be hauling ass.

 

[funksouljon]

Saw the video of the guy running and the building coming down in the background was wild.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

All Iowans have essentially been through a tornado thanks to the derecho.

I've always wondered what it would be like to go through an earthquake. I'd be running for the nearest open space

 

[noleclone2]

These scenes remind me how I think one of the worst ways to go would be trapped in collapsed rubble, not even that hurt yet unable to move for days while you tried to remain sane and hope to be found.

 

[funksouljon]

These scenes remind me how I think one of the worst ways to go would be trapped in collapsed rubble, not even that hurt yet unable to move for days while you tried to remain sane and hope to be found.

Waiting. Sleep. Awake. So thirsty, throat is sticking together and eyes burn from the mix of chemical dust. Pinned under a shifting load of thousands of pounds of rubble. Sleep. Awaken from the cramping of limbs that haven't been able to flex for hours. Or has it been days, no way to tell time, just dark. So dark, you see flashes of light all around, but can only turn your head a little to the left and right. And when your eyes open, they burn from the dust that caked all over your eyes and lids and lashes.. No tears left to clean my eyes. So hungry, feels like a week since you heard your family. The dust creates an insulation around you, that you swear you can hear your heart beat and the blood flowing through your veins. And rumbling all around, perhaps that is people digging you out of the four story building. Or maybe it is just the shifting rubble that you hear and feel. Energy is waining, and your lower leg hurts so bad, you can't see the trauma but the blood is slowly leaking from your body by the severed leg. Hours pass like days, dying alone is so sad and slow.







yeah, Im with you. Rather go out fast and early.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Earthquakes have always been fascinating to me, just wish they weren't so devastating to human life like this. The loss of life will likely be in the 10s of thousands before its all said and done. Tragic.