Kahramanmaras earthquakes in Türkiye
Two powerful earthquakes hit parts of Türkiye and Northern Syria within the space of 12 hours destroying hundreds of buildings and claiming the lives of thousands.
The quake in Türkiye was centred in the town of Pazarcik in Kahramanmaras province, south-east Türkiye, at a depth of six miles, and there were several powerful aftershocks measuring as strong as 6.7. Several buildings were destroyed, with many people trapped under the rubble.
Nearly 240,000 rescuers continue to work in the worst affected areas, though no survivors have been found recently. The number of people killed by the earthquakes earlier this month has now passed 50,000, according to the latest figures from both countries.
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- Tipo de evento
- Terremoto
- Ubicación del evento
- Türkiye
- Fecha de activación de la Carta
- 2023-02-06
- Hora de activación de la Carta
- 08:25
- Zona horaria de activación de la Carta
- UTC+03:00
- Solicitante de carta
- Disaster and Emergency Management Authority of Türkiye (AFAD).
- ID de activación
- 797
- Gestión de proyectos
- Oktay Gokce (AFAD(Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Türkiye))
- Valor agregado
- Copernicus EMS,
- Shumin Wang (Institue of Earthquake Forecasting,
- China. (CEA)),
- Elif Sertel (Istanbul Technical University),
- Han Oh (KARI),
- Sebastian LANGER (Palladium),
- Pedro Youssef (CENAD),
- Mohammed Al Zeidi (UAESA),
- Haluk Cetin (Murray University),
- Jose BisinotiNeto (CENAD),
- Mustafa Ahmet pesen (Middle East Technical University)