2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
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| Date | 6 February 2023 |
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| Deaths | 11,110 |
The 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes occurred on 6 February 2023, when an earthquake struck South Central Turkey and North Western Syria at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC).
The epicentre was 34 km west of the city of Gaziantep, causing widespread damage and thousands of fatalities in the region. With a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme) and a magnitude of at least Mww 7.8, the initial earthquake equals the 1939 Erzincan earthquake as the strongest recorded earthquake to hit Turkey in modern times and the deadliest earthquake to strike the country since the 1999 İzmit earthquake.
It was also one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the Levant, causing structural damage as far away as Ashdod, Israel and Nicosia, Cyprus.
Just over nine hours later, at 13:24 TRT (10:24 UTC), a second earthquake of 7.5-magnitude hit near Ekinözü in Turkey about 100 km northeast of the first quake, and was followed by numerous aftershocks.[1]
More than 11,110 deaths have been reported: 8,570 in Turkey and 2,540 in Syria.[2]
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