LondonLax Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Sounds like a bad one. Tsunami warnings for the Mediterranean as well. Quote Turkey and Syria: deadly earthquake kills more than 100 people with fears casualties will rise 7.8 magnitude tremor hit region early on Monday, causing widespread destruction and trapping people under rubble https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/turkey-earthquake-2023-gaziantep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Up to over 300 dead now. Ugh, awful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The aftershock was measured at over 6 on the richter scale so this is a bad one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted February 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2023 Sky News reporting at least 560 dead. That number is bound to rise . Those poor people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, trekka said: Sky News reporting at least 560 dead. That number is bound to rise . Those poor people. F***. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted February 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2023 Awful news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Oh man, more than a 1000 confirmed dead now. This is bad. Very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Just awful, poor people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 47 minutes ago, El Zen said: Oh man, more than a 1000 confirmed dead now. This is bad. Very bad. An earthquake in Turkey in 1999 killed 17,000 people but supposedly this one is likely to be worse. The last one as large as this was 1939 when 33,000 were killed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 One death is sad, two a tragedy Ten is a disaster, dear god At least it’s not us! A thousand lives is a statistic I keep refreshing the news, press f5 Poor people. Will it be a new record? In Turkey, there’s a mother, a life in ruins Literally, and because One life was more important than hers As was thousands more to someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 It looks like a truly awful one. Some of pictures show complete apartment blocks as rubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Former Premier League player Christian Atsu missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 They have had after shocks bringing down more buildings all day. Even if you had survived last night would you be comfortable going back to your apartment anytime soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 hours ago, El Zen said: Former Premier League player Christian Atsu missing. That's very on brand for him tbh. Seriously thou it's tragic and it must be utterly terrifying not knowing if another quake is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Lots of vids doing the rounds on Twitter etc. showing 5-8 story buildings pancaking during daylight hours. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 It looks like a warzone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 6, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, Genie said: It looks like a warzone Double whammy for Syria. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 27 minutes ago, Genie said: It looks like a warzone The second voice in that sounds like the most Scouse Turkish person I've ever heard. Sadly when I heard the magnitude above 7 I could imagine the carnage, really only specifically designed buildings can survive an earthquake that powerful I'd have thought. I hope they still find plenty of survivors in the next hours and days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 **** hell, I was going to be there tomorrow but we had a last minute decision to go to Berlin instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 The weather is pretty dismal down that area as well this time a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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