hughesie27 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 7.8 magnitude Earthquake hit Central Turkey overnight and looks to have cause massive destruction. The above video doesn't seem that bad but towards but towards end you can really tell how powerful it must have been. 284 Confirmed deaths but that will likely rise a lot of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 There hasn't been an earthquake on that scale in the area for over 500 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JFK-1 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Ten cities affected apparently, never a good time for this to happen, but it came in the night when most were asleep, and now everything is collapsing around them. BBC reporting "more than 500" dead and expected to rise. Must be a nightmare being caught in a tight pocket in the rubble while aftershocks continue to cause movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Death toll over 1000 now absolutely unimaginable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbo Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Woke me up in Limassol. Triggered a small Tsunami off coast of Protaras. Horrible horrible. Really feel for those poor people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The region is known to be susceptible to repeated earthquakes, one following on from the last along the same fault line that Istanbul sits on. Not sure if Gaziantep is on the same fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) No. From a glance it looks like the East Anatolian Fault, not the North Anatolian fault. Edited February 6, 2023 by Victorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Another 7.6 one, not an aftershock, has hit about 80 miles north of the epicentre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, The Internet said: Another 7.6 one, not an aftershock, has hit about 80 miles north of the epicentre. They reckon the last major earthquake on the East Anatolian fault (140 years ago) had aftershocks going on for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Mental. The scenes are like some movie CGI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 That is just awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Over 2,300 dead now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The death toll is rising at a morbidly astounding rate. 2,200 now confirmed dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Cade said: Bizarre shouting "God is great" while buildings are falling round about you and thousands are getting crushed to death. Er, aye. Cheers God. What a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Ray Gin said: Bizarre shouting "God is great" while buildings are falling round about you and thousands are getting crushed to death. Er, aye. Cheers God. What a guy. Aye if it wasn't for the grace of God there would have been 10k dead. Thank you God for being so kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Cade said: Just saw that footage on the news. The buildings came down so fast that people would not have had a chance to evacuate. Awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Ray Gin said: Bizarre shouting "God is great" while buildings are falling round about you and thousands are getting crushed to death. Er, aye. Cheers God. What a guy. That phrase is also used to mean "god help/save us" and numerous other things. It's a generic, multipurpose catch-all term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 At least 3,000 dead is the latest figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlimOzturk Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 3000 dead. Utterly horrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Would not be surprised if another zero gets added. The devastation is immense. They've only just started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, Victorian said: Would not be surprised if another zero gets added. The devastation is immense. They've only just started. You could be right, I suspect it may go over 10,000 after looking at before and after images of buildings. They have come crashing down like a house of cards and given it was at night with everyone asleep it's likely to be catastrophic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 WHO reckon there could be up to 20k dead 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The sheer number of pancaked buildings means the death toll here is going to be enormous. When a building collapses down on its own footprint, there is almost no chance of survival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 They say it broke along around 62 miles of the fault line. Destruction along a 62 mile line. It's staggering. What also won't have helped is there were "numerous" aftershocks following the main quake with one of them almost as strong as the first. All that will have settled and compacted the rubble even more tightly. Killing many survivors trapped in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I'm glad my Turkish friends in Icmeler are well out of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: I'm glad my Turkish friends in Icmeler are well out of the way. Im going to Icmeler in the Summer, apparently a lot of hospitality staff in the area live in the affected area out of season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, graygo said: Im going to Icmeler in the Summer, apparently a lot of hospitality staff in the area live in the affected area out of season. Some do but most come from Kurdistan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Some do but most come from Kurdistan 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, graygo said: 👍 What hotel/aparts are you going to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: What hotel/aparts are you going to? Oren Apartments, cheap and cheerful but decent reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, graygo said: Oren Apartments, cheap and cheerful but decent reviews. Not stayed there but know the area well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Latest estimate 3,500 dead, the WHO predict that will increase 8 fold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 As much as I feel for the Turkish people who on earth built buildings like that could collapse easily in a zone that was known for earthquakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 4300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 6 hours ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: As much as I feel for the Turkish people who on earth built buildings like that could collapse easily in a zone that was known for earthquakes? That's not exclusive to Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 6 hours ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: As much as I feel for the Turkish people who on earth built buildings like that could collapse easily in a zone that was known for earthquakes? The lowest bidder likely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I have seen similar types of building destruction from previous quakes in a variety of places, and some of them of a lesser strength as this, 7.8 is major. And I think it may be more far reaching than most, 62 mile long fracture. Difficult to say what maybe Manhattan island would look like if something of that level came to town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, JFK-1 said: I have seen similar types of building destruction from previous quakes in a variety of places, and some of them of a lesser strength as this, 7.8 is major. And I think it may be more far reaching than most, 62 mile long fracture. Difficult to say what maybe Manhattan island would look like if something of that level came to town. I think it was said to be an especially shallow epicentre at around 11km or miles (can't remember which). Resulted in worse than average energy at ground level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 13 minutes ago, Victorian said: I think it was said to be an especially shallow epicentre at around 11km or miles (can't remember which). Resulted in worse than average energy at ground level. I haven't seen any scientific detail regarding the dynamics of it, i'm guessing some sort of lateral slide rather than an uplift say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, JFK-1 said: I haven't seen any scientific detail regarding the dynamics of it, i'm guessing some sort of lateral slide rather than an uplift say. Not sure. Lateral slip I think. But apparently the energy was very high at the surface compared to most earthquakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB52 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 9 hours ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: As much as I feel for the Turkish people who on earth built buildings like that could collapse easily in a zone that was known for earthquakes? All new buildings in Turkey have to have earthquake certificates to 'prove' they are earthquake proof. No idea what strength of earthquake that goes up to though, and whether all regions comply with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB52 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 10 hours ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Some do but most come from Kurdistan ?? That's not in Turkey, I take it you mean they are mostly Kurds who do make up the majority of hospitality workers in the main tourist areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Brutal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 The news just gets worse: At least 20 detainees at a Syrian prison - believed to be jihadists - have escaped after the quake damaged the facility, a source has told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters, said an official at the jail. It also holds fighters from Kurdish-led forces. Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake - which was followed by dozens of aftershocks in the region - caused damage including cracked walls and doors. "[The] inmates started to mutiny and took control of parts of the prison." "About 20 prisoners fled... who are believed to be Islamic State militants." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 WHO estimate 23 million have been affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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