DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Turkey - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday (Feb 6), killing hundreds of people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, triggering a search for survivors trapped in rubble. The quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon. 'I have never...
DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Turkey - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday , killing hundreds of people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, triggering a search for survivors trapped in rubble."I have never felt anything like it in the 40 years I've lived," said Erdem, a resident of the Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the quake's epicentre, who declined to give his surname.
People in Damascus, and in the Lebanese cities of Beirut and Tripoli, ran into the street and took to their cars to get away from their buildings in case they collapsed, witnesses said. The United States was "profoundly concerned" about the quake in Turkey and Syria and was monitoring events closely, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Twitter.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences said the quake struck at a depth of 10km , while the EMSC monitoring service said it was assessing the risk of a tsunami.The US Geological Survey reported a series of further earthquakes following the initial tremor, which it put at a magnitude of 7.8. There was a quake measuring 6.7 in Gaziantep and another of 5.6 in the city's Nurdag area.
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