BREAKING: Several hours after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey early Monday, a powerful aftershock measuring 7.5 hit the country’s Kahramanmaras province around 1:30 p.m. local time, according to the United States Geological Survey.
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A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Turkey in 1939, killing approximately 30,000 people. Monday’s quake in southeastern Turkey had the same magnitude, according to the United States Geological Survey.Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.Some 18,000 people were killed in powerful earthquakes that hit northwestern Turkey in 1999.Several hours after a 7.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a United Kingdom-based monitoring group, put the overall death toll at 320.Rescue workers carry a boy they recovered from the rubbles of a building after an earthquake in Dana, rebel-held Idlib, Feb. 6, 2023.Email this article