A major earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors.
SANLIURFA, Türkiye – A major earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors.
“That was the first time we have ever experienced anything like that,” said Melisa Salman, a 23-year-old reporter in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras.The head of Syria’s National Earthquake Centre, Raed Ahmed, called it “the biggest earthquake recorded in the history of the centre”. “Until 11:00 am or noon, my friend was still answering the phone. But she no longer answers. She is down there.”
Denmark’s geological institute said tremors reached the east coast of Greenland about eight minutes after the main quake struck Türkiye. Images on Turkish television showed rescuers digging through rubble across neighbourhoods of almost all the big cities running along the border with Syria.
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