Videos show buildings collapsing and cars being crushed by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria; watch

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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit both countries on Monday, the 6th, and killed more than 1,900 people; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reported that at least 2,818 buildings had collapsed

ILYAS AKENGIN / AFPPeople search for survivors in the rubble in Diyarbakir on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the south-east of the country. At least 284 people have died in Turkey and more than 2,300 people have been injured in one of Turkey’s biggest earthquakes in at least a century, as search and rescue work continues in several major cities.

Videos posted on social media show buildings collapsing and cars being crushed after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and the Syria this Monday, the 6th, and killed more than 1,900 people. In one of them, a reporter from the Turkish channel A Haber had to run away while doing a live broadcast. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reported that at least 2,818 buildings had collapsed. In Turkey, where the earthquake’s epicenter was recorded, at least 1,121 people died, according to the latest balance reported by the public disaster management agency. In addition, nearly 5,400 were injured. In neighboring Syria, the earthquake caused at least 783 deaths and 2,280 injured. The Syrian Ministry of Health has reported 403 people dead and 1,284 wounded in government-controlled areas of the war-torn country. The tremor was felt at 4:17 am (22:17 on Sunday, Brasilia time) and occurred at a depth of 17.9 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS, its acronym in English). A new 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the region at 1:24 pm (12:24 GMT), four kilometers southeast of the town of Ekinozu, according to the USGS. There were also about 50 aftershocks, according to Ankara. Tremors from the earthquake were felt as far away as Greenland, according to the Danish Geological Survey.


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