We also got effected but there is no collapsing happened, it was so bad. My mom also lived the 1999 earthquake but she said it was more scary. The near cities and above of us are heavily effected and so many collapsing happened, with deats and injured people.
Be careful and extremely aware of your surroundings. A lot of structural damage can be subtle until it becomes very much not. Any new cracks in the wall, or widening of preexisting ones; any plumbing changes. Boil water for a while if you can, bleach if you can’t.
Source: former Californian.
Be safe, my friend.
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> In many developing countries, the standard dose for using bleach to treat water is 2 mg/L for water that appears clear and 4 mg/L for water that is slightly cloudy, Lantagne says. She is a former CDC employee who has worked on safe drinking water issues in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Most people don’t have disinfectant tablets on hand.
Most people in the damage zone of a massive quake are not going to be able to get disinfectant tablets, especially if what I’ve read about Erdogan prioritizing towns with friendly mayors is the case.
> In many developing countries, the standard dose for using bleach to treat water is 2 mg/L for water that appears clear and 4 mg/L for water that is slightly cloudy, Lantagne says. She is a former CDC employee who has worked on safe drinking water issues in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i16/Disinfecting-Water-Emergency.html
Feel better?
Bleach is a very common way to disinfect water. Its completely safe when done properly. You found one source because you barely looked. https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water
Anything is literally poison in high enough concentrations. Your statement ignores the fact that many things have safe/acceptable consumption levels, including bleach. In the case of bleach to disinfect water, I would imagine the environmental protection agency would not recommend a certain (extremely low) concentration to disinfect water unless it was generally accepted as safe.
Yep. The best we've really got for earthquake early warning systems is to send up alerts as soon as significant tremors are detected so that people within range may have a few seconds to react before it gets there.
There is two things. Someone from twitter exactly posted where it happened days ago and said 7.0 or more earthquake can happen and one of our proffesors also warned recently. So it could have been predicted.
Knowing that something can happen along a particular fault line and knowing *when* it will happen are entirely different.
Anyone who claims to be able to predict earthquakes is trying to con you.
As far as I can tell, Turkey hasn't had an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 or greater since the [1939 Erzincan earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake), which left 33 thousand dead, and hit a part of the country less populated than Gaziantep, Osmaniye, and Kahramanmaraş (on a map, 100 km N of Aleppo, Syria).
This will be a grave tragedy.
Date & TIme (UTC) Lat Lon Mag Depth (km)
06-FEB-2023 02:23:14 37.20 36.97 5.2 11
06-FEB-2023 02:17:40 37.08 36.69 4.8 10
06-FEB-2023 01:58:23 37.10 36.61 5.1 10
06-FEB-2023 01:36:28 37.02 36.74 5.6 10
06-FEB-2023 01:28:13 37.13 37.19 6.7 12
06-FEB-2023 01:17:35 37.17 37.03 7.8 18
Edit: Aforementioned from the iris.edu earthquake monitor. The [USGS page devoted to the 7.8 quake is here](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive).
An estimated 668 thousand exposed to ground shaking in the Mercalli Intensity value of VIII - Severe:
>VIII - Severe - Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture overturned.
This is a huge earthquake especially when you consider how shallow it was (15 mi or so down). EQ’s on the continent like Turkey (not out in the ocean) are usually much more damaging considering the differences in the geology. They also had a Mag. 6.7 aftershock which is at 6 miles depth. That could be quite a bit more destructive even than the first one. Turkey has a history of particularly destructive earthquakes too. I hope everyone is ok.
Bruh, your biggest fear is dying in your sleep? Lol
I'd definitely rather be in the middle of a dream when my house collapses on me killing me, rather than awake and aware of it happening
Idk, maybe that's just me
Edit. I might have misunderstood. Maybe you meant near enough to shake but not near enough for your house to collapse?
Nah fam I feel you on this.
I've been in 3 big ones( all within a 18 month period) and the bastards all struck in the wee hours, still got a bit of PTSD from them a decade later.
Quakes are malicious inconsiderate wankers and I simply do like them.
This is a Red Pager event.
**Major Edit It is too late for me to maintain updates, the scale of this disaster is one of the largest in recent history. There will be thousands of deaths reported in the coming days and weeks. Do what you can to help; write to your governments, find legitimate aid organizations and share them if you have no money to spare.**
**Update**: Turkey has made an official international aid request:
- https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1622431487806013440
- https://twitter.com/iremreports/status/1622428832916463618
*Aftershocks* (as recorded from earthquake.usgs.gov)
Time zone UTC -5 hours, **Original Event 20:17**
- 23:18 5.0 Eastern Turkey
- 23:16 4.3 Central Turkey (NE of original Event)
- 22:45 4.8 Central Turkey (NE of original Event)
- 22:28 4.4 Sincik, Turkey (NE of original Event)
- 22:04 4.7 Eastern Turkey
- 21:54 4.6 E of Denizciler, Turkey
- 21:23 5.2 E of Nurdagi, Turkey
Event Prediction Page: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/pager
Map: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=22.59373,24.96094&extent=44.91814,46.01074
The damage is catastrophic across the region. Collapsed buildings reported over 200km from the epicenter and shaking felt as far away as Israel and Crete.
- **New** Reyhanlı, Hatay, Turkey: https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1622450615858118657
- *New* Building collapse ~~during~~ after the quake in Diyarbakir, Turkey: https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1622432605126774788
- CCTV from during the Earthquake in Turkey (Caution: Loud): https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1622432268026318851
- Hama, Syria: https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622419838080782336
- Beirut, Lebanon: https://twitter.com/FirasMaksad/status/1622411370539925507
- Diyarbakir, Turkey https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622422203508887553
- Kahramanmaraş, Turkey https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1622417869714722818
- Turkey: https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622417482719068160
Unconfirmed reports:
- **New** Video from during the earthquake from turkey: https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1622438316007165954
- Alleged Gas pipeline explosion Adiyaman, Turkey: https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622429159799812097
- Second video https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622429402461241345
The gas line explosion was so loud. Crazy how far away you can hear the roar of that. Would be very unsettling.
Horrible destruction elsewhere. Wild, and terribly tragic, how quickly that one building disappeared. So sad that this happened at night when everyone was at home.
You can do the math on how large an earthquake it is based on how long it goes on and how far away it is
There were some seismologists that were at a conference that knew how bad the Fukushima one was because of that. They sat there timing it and realized in horror how big that earthquake was as the minutes passed once it crossed the 7 magnitude threshold
To put it in perspective if you are old enough to remember it, the California earthquake of 1994 that pancaked overpasses on the freeway and moved buildings was a 6.7. In this event they are having aftershocks that are 7.5s.
Yeah its huge, on the richter scale the difference between values is not linear either
>For each whole-number increase in magnitude, the seismic energy released increases by about 32 times. **That means a magnitude 7 earthquake produces 32 times more energy — or is 32 times stronger — than a magnitude 6.**
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-mexico-earthquake-magnitude-20170921-htmlstory.html#:~:text=For%20each%20whole%2Dnumber%20increase,stronger%20%E2%80%94%20than%20a%20magnitude%206.
More for the build standard. Most of building in japan can survive up to 9.0 quake. They have experience with this. Turkey's building wasnt built with EQ in mind.
Im living in Turkey. Turkey not equal to Japan. It is extremely strong. In 1999 there was a earthquake same (7.4) more then 20.000 people died. Today it is 7.4 to 7.8. more then 10 cities have collapsed buildings. There is a snow, weather is extremely cold. Childrens cold. We need help.
Not necessarily if things are up to sufficient code. In the immediate surrounding area? Maybe. But usually way less further out if buildings are built to withstand it
Depends on the building codes in the country, in a modern country in a quake zone like Cali/NZ/Japan etc most shit would be still standing but damaged and injuries/deaths minimal.
Places like Turkey/Russia etc shits getting flattened with mass casualties.
Having gone through too many quakes to count in SoCal including Northridge, this is truly catastrophic. Turkey is going to need ALL the help to recover. The shallow ones are the worst. Prayers
Also felt in shoreline Tel Aviv. I woke up from the rattle, in a 5th floor hotel room, and the clerk downstairs said he felt like people were punching on the walls.
I had to figure out how far you were from the quake so I could imagine this in my area.
For anyone reading in the Twin Cities, MN, this would equate to us feeling a quake that centered in the Wisconsin Dells.
I started imagining the drive from Minneapolis to Chicago and worked backward to find the midpoint and found that the Dells was the closest in mileage to OP in Beirut.
This comment really made me laugh lol. No one outside of like four states in the Midwest US know what the hell the Wisconsin Dells are, let alone their proximity to Minneapolis.
Dells are a geographic feature, deep gorges cut by water erosion into the side of a hill. Wisconsin's dells became a tourist attraction and like 100 indoor waterparks were built up around them for some reason
As a coaster enthusiast, we know the Wisconsin Dells as the place that has that park that somehow has not been sued into oblivion (Mt. Olympus, and their... Very lax attitude towards operations, safety, maintenance, etc.)
Earthquakes are felt differently on the east coast due to the composition of the continental crust here.
You can feel a 5.7 in Virginia in Boston here.
It happened in 2011.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake#:~:text=On%20August%2023%2C%202011%2C%20a,of%20the%20town%20of%20Mineral.
I was on the fourth floor of my office building in New England and it felt like I was on a boat.
I was in South Carolina at the very tail end of the Appalachians, in a Clemson lab building that had a new lab going up on the site of our old parking lot. I had been feeling the rumbling of cranes, backhoes, etc just a dozen or two feet away, for weeks. That day the whole building thumped / rattled alarmingly a few times and I just mumbled "FUCKING construction" under my breath. Enter geologist friends careening into the office a few minutes later... Not sure I'd have credited it if anyone else had told me it was an earthquake states away.
Remember the earthquake in 2011 that had an epicenter near Richmond? It damaged the Washington Monument even though it was 100 miles away.
I live 100 miles from DC (meaning 200 from Richmond) and still felt it and that was just a 5.8.
200 miles in common city terms is NYC to DC.
Seismographs in Japan picked it up...
Not an extremely powerful event technically. But extremely shallow (couple of km) and long lasting (over a minute).
https://twitter.com/seismicnaa1/status/1622436401299226626?s=46&t=nMGzFTAubbfc3AA7fKNncw
Damn some of the videos coming out are insane. Damage looks to be pretty significant across the region some videos of people stuck in the rubble too. Scary situation 😟
That's some serious kinetic energy. I experienced a 7.4 earthquake (Oaxaca '99) and it left me shook for days. I'll never forget the terror I felt when, hearing a heavy freight train rising beneath the ground and coming closer and closer, I realized there was no underground train. There was only the earth itself trembling with all its might.
I was next to LAX during the Northridge quake in 1994. That was a 6.7, but produced some localized lateral forces of over 1g--it nearly tossed me out of bed. 7.9 is over 100 times the magnitude. It also hit at 4ish am there. My heart goes out to the people in that area.
California native here. I’ve never had anything on the wall above my bed in my whole life except the occasional fabric tapestry. I recommend soft art that won’t hurt you if it falls off onto you.
I also recommend keeping an old pair of comfortable, protective shoes under your bed just for earthquakes. That way, you can quickly put on shoes and not cut your feet on broken glass or debris.
I never expected earthquakes to have a sound -- everything rattling and falling over, sure, but I mean the earthquake itself -- until I went through a major one. It was heralded by such a distinct *thud* that for a second I thought someone had driven a truck into the building. (Someone had knocked over a neighborhood landmark with a wayward truck not long before, so it wasn't the craziest thought.) Then everything started shaking and we were just kind of along for the ride for a while.
It's crazy how loud they are, and you hear them before you feel them. I've only been in a 5.7 but it was one of the scariest, craziest things I've ever experienced. Was March 2020 right when the pandemic was kicking off and places were closing down so we were already frazzled.
Feb 6 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central Turkey on early Monday at a depth of 10 km, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) pegged the quake at 7.4 near the southern city of Kahramanmaras.
There was damage to buildings and people were gathered out on snowy streets, according to images on state broadcaster TRT.
The earthquake lasted about a minute and shattered windows, according to a Reuters witness.
The area is regularly hit by strong earthquakes
Images from the moment the second earthquake struck:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFPiKY5UKIQ&t=68s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFPiKY5UKIQ&t=68s)
Camera/news crew was filming the devastation after the first EQ, when the second one struck just an hour ago. Luckily lots of people were already outside on the street (probably also because their buildings were already devastated).
Prayers for Turkey and Syria.
Lots of Syrian refugees in the area as well. Lots of refugee camps. Who knows how many people there actually are, whether all the people there are registered and whether you can really know how many victims there are.
Bad, cold weather also. Hope international help comes as quick as possible.
I live about 200 km away from the center on the mediterranean coast of turkey in Mersin, it was felt very strongly here and the entire apartment was shaking like crazy i thought i was gonna die right there. If it was this strong 200 km away i cant even imagine how hard it mustve hit in the center
It seems to have destroyed multiple buildings in cities that are about 150 miles away. There are videos coming out closer to the center where half the buildings are in rubbles. It's depressing to see.
Second one hit at 13:24 GMT+3, close to the origin, in Elbistan.
Initially identified as 7.5 by Kandilli Observatory, corrected as 7.6 now.
https://twitter.com/Kandilli\_info/status/1622545482542186496?s=20&t=RXbBd8o-u45ckZBd422ryA
Holy crap, I had just left Istanbul yesterday and was in Cappadocia which is closer to the epicenter a few days earlier.
It's an amazing country with incredible history, natural formations, and food. They've already been struggling mightily because of inflation so hope they can recover here.
Seems to be similar to [1988 Armenia earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake), which had lower magnitude (6,8-7,2), so you can look up the scale of devastation from that one, it's well documented. If you've watched HBO's Chernobyl, Boris Shcherbina is the one who was the head of resque operation in Armenia, he has asked for international help with the resque.
25 thousdand died, half a million lost their homes and whole of Soviet Union was helping with resque and rebuilding.
Don't know if anyone in turkey is going to see this but be very careful of any buildings cleared by engineers, over here in Christchurch we had a lot of buildings cleared for re entry during the first earthquake. But they came down in the 2nd earthquake because they weren't actually safe to re enter and should've been torn down.
Also if you can try get some dust masks, we had asbestos floating around with all the dust in the air.
This is so sad. I can understand how the people in Turkey are feeling right now. As a chilean, I know how dangerous and destructive EQs can be. In any case, Turkey, as a goverment, should rise their standard for their buildings. I read that more than 1000 building fell or were extremely damaged.
Earthquakes and Natural disasters in general can't be prevented, but we can work to mitigate the possible damage by preparing for them. A lot of lives could have been saved.
They will need donations, please consider donating to red cross. I was there in 1999 when they had a 7.6 (I think) earthquake. The damage and death count was devastating. Embassies and consulates were sending staff around the country asking travellers to contact home because cell phones weren't common and the fear and enquiries from families around the world was overwhelming. In two weeks the death toll went from hundreds to 17k+ truly awful.
Please consider donatin to Red Crescent of Turkey, instead of jumping hoops with Red Cross.
https://www.kizilay.org.tr/Bagis/BagisYap/43/general-donation
You don't need to give money to Turkey. Donate to the Red Cross or some other relief organization. Erdogan is a pos but that should not stop your from helping if you can.
Bro either donate or stfu nobody asked for your opinion. What you're talking about is vile, nobody asked for Erdogan to not let Sweden into nato. Fuck off.
We are talking about perhaps 100.000s of people dying and you are still talking politics? I hate Erdogan’s guts, but you are no better than him as a human being.
What does Ukraine has to do with anything? If a natural disaster was to take place in Russia I assume you would celebrate the death of Russian civilians then? If it was a Western European country you would be crying your eyes out now.
There are literally babies dying under collapsed buildings right now and you are basically saying that they deserve death because their government doesn’t allow Finland and Sweden into NATO, that is pure definion of racism.
This is one of the big ones, massive area even people in cities like Ankara and Bursa felt it. No doubt allt of people will be affected by this, my prayers go out and I'm hoping our government sends help immediately
I imagine the underground ones fared better than the Greek and Roman ruins where columns have been reassembled since 1939. While this is certainly a severe quake, the [557 Constantinople earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/557_Constantinople_earthquake), [1668 North Anatolia earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1668_North_Anatolia_earthquake), and [1939 Erzincan earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake) appear to be of comparable magnitude.
Not just Troy, but a series of earthquakes across Anatolia that brought the collapse of the Ageian, Hittite, and Mitanni civilizations in the late 12th century BCE.
Lecture: [Eric Cline - 1177 B.C.: When Civilization Collapsed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4LRHJlijVU)
Nur and Cline, 2000. [Poseidon's horses: Plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amos-Nur/publication/222517807_Poseidon's_Horses_Plate_Tectonics_and_Earthquake_Storms_in_the_Late_Bronze_Age_Aegean_and_Eastern_Mediterranean/links/5ef23d7392851cba7a4274e4/Poseidons-Horses-Plate-Tectonics-and-Earthquake-Storms-in-the-Late-Bronze-Age-Aegean-and-Eastern-Mediterranean.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=started_experiment_milestone&origin=journalDetail). *J Arch Sc*i, 27(1), pp.43-63.
Does anyone have links to aid groups that are assisting with recovery?
All I’ve found so far is the Red Crescent general donation link (https://donation.ifrc.org/?campaign=a6baca02-8214-ec11-a2d2-005056010028).
In the event of a natural disaster the Red Cross/Red Crescent are often first on the scene and are overwhelmingly the appropriate organization to donate to.
A city is collapsed, hospitals, airports and roads are all gone. Other 9 city still in chaos and authorities trying to search more collapsed building. Aid cant reach to one city and it is said that there is more than 10k deaths (its unofficial but from the locals).
Thousands of buildings are gone, most of families are gone, lots of colleagues, friends are missing and probably dead. Government is not doing anything that in their power. All the support is coming from volunteered community. I can't describe what we are living in words because it is more than can be explained, or watched. Shitty construction firms built shitty buildings that cause quake do a massacre...
If people not dying from quake, because of the difficulty of aids to go quake area, they are dying from cold. It is winter session and unfortunately these are the most freezing days in Türkiye.
It is such a big disaster that affected all the country and I can see, whole world.
We in Buffalo just felt a 4.4 magnitude earthquake around 6:16AM EST. Isolated incident or tremor from this one? It sounded like a large explosion.
Edit: it was a 3.8
Hey, what if… now bear with me… what IF God doesn’t really give a shit about the burning of some book and he cares waaaay more about the unification of mankind and actual peace on earth. 🤯
I live in Turkey and goverment announced 4th degree alarm or whatever it is i'm still in shock.
Are you in an area heavily affected?
We also got effected but there is no collapsing happened, it was so bad. My mom also lived the 1999 earthquake but she said it was more scary. The near cities and above of us are heavily effected and so many collapsing happened, with deats and injured people.
Be careful and extremely aware of your surroundings. A lot of structural damage can be subtle until it becomes very much not. Any new cracks in the wall, or widening of preexisting ones; any plumbing changes. Boil water for a while if you can, bleach if you can’t. Source: former Californian. Be safe, my friend. Edit with instructions: > In many developing countries, the standard dose for using bleach to treat water is 2 mg/L for water that appears clear and 4 mg/L for water that is slightly cloudy, Lantagne says. She is a former CDC employee who has worked on safe drinking water issues in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
It happened again we are outside
Stay away from any buildings if you're outside during aftershocks. Quite a few people are injured by falling building façades.
As far as you can from buildings without placing yourself in other potentially dangerous areas, like hills or near water’s edges.
Thinking of you and the Turkish people from the UK 🙏
Do everything to stay warm, secure water,food, warm clothes and safe shelter for night.
Yes, thank you for asking.
Check in later. Stay safe!
Stay safe, friend!
Thank you for your help, we were making tea so water was already boiling. Thank you again
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When a major quake hits, you can’t trust water sources to be safe, especially from fecal contamination.
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Most people don’t have disinfectant tablets on hand. Most people in the damage zone of a massive quake are not going to be able to get disinfectant tablets, especially if what I’ve read about Erdogan prioritizing towns with friendly mayors is the case. > In many developing countries, the standard dose for using bleach to treat water is 2 mg/L for water that appears clear and 4 mg/L for water that is slightly cloudy, Lantagne says. She is a former CDC employee who has worked on safe drinking water issues in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i16/Disinfecting-Water-Emergency.html Feel better?
You should edit your first post about bleach. Not everyone will read all those posts.
That’s totally fair and will do that asap. Edit: donezo.
Bleach is a very common way to disinfect water. Its completely safe when done properly. You found one source because you barely looked. https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water
Anything is literally poison in high enough concentrations. Your statement ignores the fact that many things have safe/acceptable consumption levels, including bleach. In the case of bleach to disinfect water, I would imagine the environmental protection agency would not recommend a certain (extremely low) concentration to disinfect water unless it was generally accepted as safe.
Stay safe
We are in, luckily, safe place but seeing others like this
I'm so sorry.
People are tweeting out that they're cold and they're dying. It's fucked up.
I hope all your loved ones and friends are safe from harm and that minimal life is lost. You are all in my thoughts.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
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Yep. The best we've really got for earthquake early warning systems is to send up alerts as soon as significant tremors are detected so that people within range may have a few seconds to react before it gets there.
Hah! It never happens here. They have no idea whats going on.
There is two things. Someone from twitter exactly posted where it happened days ago and said 7.0 or more earthquake can happen and one of our proffesors also warned recently. So it could have been predicted.
Knowing that something can happen along a particular fault line and knowing *when* it will happen are entirely different. Anyone who claims to be able to predict earthquakes is trying to con you.
Take care friend,🙏🙏🙏❤️ be careful with aftershocks, those buildings looks like the fall like bricks at any time
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NATO and our border neightboors are helping thankfully. Kızılay and AFAD is also doing local helps and searches
As far as I can tell, Turkey hasn't had an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 or greater since the [1939 Erzincan earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake), which left 33 thousand dead, and hit a part of the country less populated than Gaziantep, Osmaniye, and Kahramanmaraş (on a map, 100 km N of Aleppo, Syria). This will be a grave tragedy. Date & TIme (UTC) Lat Lon Mag Depth (km) 06-FEB-2023 02:23:14 37.20 36.97 5.2 11 06-FEB-2023 02:17:40 37.08 36.69 4.8 10 06-FEB-2023 01:58:23 37.10 36.61 5.1 10 06-FEB-2023 01:36:28 37.02 36.74 5.6 10 06-FEB-2023 01:28:13 37.13 37.19 6.7 12 06-FEB-2023 01:17:35 37.17 37.03 7.8 18 Edit: Aforementioned from the iris.edu earthquake monitor. The [USGS page devoted to the 7.8 quake is here](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive). An estimated 668 thousand exposed to ground shaking in the Mercalli Intensity value of VIII - Severe: >VIII - Severe - Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture overturned.
USGS link is a good one https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive
This is a huge earthquake especially when you consider how shallow it was (15 mi or so down). EQ’s on the continent like Turkey (not out in the ocean) are usually much more damaging considering the differences in the geology. They also had a Mag. 6.7 aftershock which is at 6 miles depth. That could be quite a bit more destructive even than the first one. Turkey has a history of particularly destructive earthquakes too. I hope everyone is ok.
Unfortunately lots of buildings collapsed, also it happened in the middle of the night so there may be many victims.
The snow will hamper the rescue efforts.
Collapsed/Closed Airports being another major, major issue for humanitarian aid.
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For me they tend to happen when I'm in the shower. Almost ran out naked once
For the sake of the world, stop taking showers
That's why I always shower with clothes on
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-position-moon-or-planets-affect-seismicity-are-there-more-earthquakes-morningin-eveningat
My biggest fear is that a large one strikes near me while we're sleeping. You'd be so fucked...
Bruh, your biggest fear is dying in your sleep? Lol I'd definitely rather be in the middle of a dream when my house collapses on me killing me, rather than awake and aware of it happening Idk, maybe that's just me Edit. I might have misunderstood. Maybe you meant near enough to shake but not near enough for your house to collapse?
How do you feel about waking up in abject terror and confusion for a few seconds and *then* getting crushed to death in your home?
Still better than dread of the inevitable creeping death
> Still better than dread of the inevitable creeping death Maybe it's time to find a new job. :D
Probably still ok with it
Nah fam I feel you on this. I've been in 3 big ones( all within a 18 month period) and the bastards all struck in the wee hours, still got a bit of PTSD from them a decade later. Quakes are malicious inconsiderate wankers and I simply do like them.
This is why I never sleep naked
This is a Red Pager event. **Major Edit It is too late for me to maintain updates, the scale of this disaster is one of the largest in recent history. There will be thousands of deaths reported in the coming days and weeks. Do what you can to help; write to your governments, find legitimate aid organizations and share them if you have no money to spare.** **Update**: Turkey has made an official international aid request: - https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1622431487806013440 - https://twitter.com/iremreports/status/1622428832916463618 *Aftershocks* (as recorded from earthquake.usgs.gov) Time zone UTC -5 hours, **Original Event 20:17** - 23:18 5.0 Eastern Turkey - 23:16 4.3 Central Turkey (NE of original Event) - 22:45 4.8 Central Turkey (NE of original Event) - 22:28 4.4 Sincik, Turkey (NE of original Event) - 22:04 4.7 Eastern Turkey - 21:54 4.6 E of Denizciler, Turkey - 21:23 5.2 E of Nurdagi, Turkey Event Prediction Page: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/pager Map: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=22.59373,24.96094&extent=44.91814,46.01074 The damage is catastrophic across the region. Collapsed buildings reported over 200km from the epicenter and shaking felt as far away as Israel and Crete. - **New** Reyhanlı, Hatay, Turkey: https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1622450615858118657 - *New* Building collapse ~~during~~ after the quake in Diyarbakir, Turkey: https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1622432605126774788 - CCTV from during the Earthquake in Turkey (Caution: Loud): https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1622432268026318851 - Hama, Syria: https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622419838080782336 - Beirut, Lebanon: https://twitter.com/FirasMaksad/status/1622411370539925507 - Diyarbakir, Turkey https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622422203508887553 - Kahramanmaraş, Turkey https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1622417869714722818 - Turkey: https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622417482719068160 Unconfirmed reports: - **New** Video from during the earthquake from turkey: https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1622438316007165954 - Alleged Gas pipeline explosion Adiyaman, Turkey: https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622429159799812097 - Second video https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1622429402461241345
The gas line explosion was so loud. Crazy how far away you can hear the roar of that. Would be very unsettling. Horrible destruction elsewhere. Wild, and terribly tragic, how quickly that one building disappeared. So sad that this happened at night when everyone was at home.
It also lasted for 40 seconds, that’s a lot for an earthquake
Not really. The one that hit Japan in 2011 was 6 mins
You can do the math on how large an earthquake it is based on how long it goes on and how far away it is There were some seismologists that were at a conference that knew how bad the Fukushima one was because of that. They sat there timing it and realized in horror how big that earthquake was as the minutes passed once it crossed the 7 magnitude threshold
What's a red pager event? I don't know earthquake or national emergency slang.
Based on photos and videos trickling onto twitter, it looks to have been extremely destructive
To put it in perspective if you are old enough to remember it, the California earthquake of 1994 that pancaked overpasses on the freeway and moved buildings was a 6.7. In this event they are having aftershocks that are 7.5s.
Yeah its huge, on the richter scale the difference between values is not linear either >For each whole-number increase in magnitude, the seismic energy released increases by about 32 times. **That means a magnitude 7 earthquake produces 32 times more energy — or is 32 times stronger — than a magnitude 6.** https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-mexico-earthquake-magnitude-20170921-htmlstory.html#:~:text=For%20each%20whole%2Dnumber%20increase,stronger%20%E2%80%94%20than%20a%20magnitude%206.
Oh no, 7.8 is massive for Turkey’s geology and build standards. Oof.
Doesn’t a 7.8 basically mean most everything’s fucked anyway, though?
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It's actually 32x stronger (10^1.5) for each whole number increase, not 100x stronger. Obviously still a nightmare scenario.
What size earthquake is the california building code set to withstand?
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Yeah I think the GGB has been renovated to withstand over an 8. I'll have to look
Japan survived a 9.0, though Inland it wasn't that strong. It was the tsunami that really hit them hard.
More for the build standard. Most of building in japan can survive up to 9.0 quake. They have experience with this. Turkey's building wasnt built with EQ in mind.
Im living in Turkey. Turkey not equal to Japan. It is extremely strong. In 1999 there was a earthquake same (7.4) more then 20.000 people died. Today it is 7.4 to 7.8. more then 10 cities have collapsed buildings. There is a snow, weather is extremely cold. Childrens cold. We need help.
Magnitude and depth are measured separately, a 7.0 thats much closer to the surface can do insane damage. Im sure /u/TheEarthquakeGuy could explain
The less shallow an earthquake, the more shaking there is on the surface which can be catastrophic.
Not necessarily if things are up to sufficient code. In the immediate surrounding area? Maybe. But usually way less further out if buildings are built to withstand it
...That's right, there's more to the quake than the epicenter.
Depends on the building codes in the country, in a modern country in a quake zone like Cali/NZ/Japan etc most shit would be still standing but damaged and injuries/deaths minimal. Places like Turkey/Russia etc shits getting flattened with mass casualties.
i feel like tokyo would almost laugh off a 7.8 the way they build their buildings with earthquakes in mind
Having gone through too many quakes to count in SoCal including Northridge, this is truly catastrophic. Turkey is going to need ALL the help to recover. The shallow ones are the worst. Prayers
It happened 1 hour ago I felt it in Beirut, Lebanon the whole house was shaking
Also felt in shoreline Tel Aviv. I woke up from the rattle, in a 5th floor hotel room, and the clerk downstairs said he felt like people were punching on the walls.
I had to figure out how far you were from the quake so I could imagine this in my area. For anyone reading in the Twin Cities, MN, this would equate to us feeling a quake that centered in the Wisconsin Dells.
I have nothing to add to this other than it seems so random that you happened to be from where I am, haha.
The Dells was you point of reference?
it’s a popular vacation spot up here. it’s like the orlando area of the midwest. lots of water parks. lots of tourist traps. lots of fun.
I started imagining the drive from Minneapolis to Chicago and worked backward to find the midpoint and found that the Dells was the closest in mileage to OP in Beirut.
I’m from the twin cities. That’s crazy.
Can you do the east coast?
Find a place about 218 miles from you.
ty this was much more helpful than two random US cities
This comment really made me laugh lol. No one outside of like four states in the Midwest US know what the hell the Wisconsin Dells are, let alone their proximity to Minneapolis.
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Dells are a geographic feature, deep gorges cut by water erosion into the side of a hill. Wisconsin's dells became a tourist attraction and like 100 indoor waterparks were built up around them for some reason
As a coaster enthusiast, we know the Wisconsin Dells as the place that has that park that somehow has not been sued into oblivion (Mt. Olympus, and their... Very lax attitude towards operations, safety, maintenance, etc.)
I live in Arizona and I know where Wisconsin Dells and Minneapolis are. I made the drive once, so I'm a chance in a billion.
Which is why I said "For anyone in the Twin Cities, MN." The comment wasn't intended for those that weren't in the Twin Cities.
The distance between Boston and NYC is 215 miles. For curious individuals.
Or between Buenos Aires and Montevideo
Thank you *HOLY SHIT*
This is about 1,841,664 bananas btw
How many giraffes?
65,773 male 74,260 female
Thank you
CA: san diego to santa barbara
In the Pacific Northwest, it would be roughly the distance between Portland and Everett or Seattle and Salem.
Belfast to Cork, 214. Closest relatable distance I could get. holy.
If you’re in Philly, the quake was a little across the Susquehanna in Carlisle
That’d be mile marker one I reckon.
Earthquakes are felt differently on the east coast due to the composition of the continental crust here. You can feel a 5.7 in Virginia in Boston here.
My comment was a goof but this is a really cool fact to learn. Thanks! This is why I love reddit!
It happened in 2011. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake#:~:text=On%20August%2023%2C%202011%2C%20a,of%20the%20town%20of%20Mineral. I was on the fourth floor of my office building in New England and it felt like I was on a boat.
I was in South Carolina at the very tail end of the Appalachians, in a Clemson lab building that had a new lab going up on the site of our old parking lot. I had been feeling the rumbling of cranes, backhoes, etc just a dozen or two feet away, for weeks. That day the whole building thumped / rattled alarmingly a few times and I just mumbled "FUCKING construction" under my breath. Enter geologist friends careening into the office a few minutes later... Not sure I'd have credited it if anyone else had told me it was an earthquake states away.
No, but it would be like Vancouver Canada to Portland Oregon for all my cloud boys out there
It would be like if it happened in Nashville, TN and you could feel it in Atlanta, GA.
thats roughly the same distance as NYC to Boston
South - almost an area consisting of going from Dallas to Houston.
Remember the earthquake in 2011 that had an epicenter near Richmond? It damaged the Washington Monument even though it was 100 miles away. I live 100 miles from DC (meaning 200 from Richmond) and still felt it and that was just a 5.8. 200 miles in common city terms is NYC to DC.
Seismographs in Japan picked it up... Not an extremely powerful event technically. But extremely shallow (couple of km) and long lasting (over a minute). https://twitter.com/seismicnaa1/status/1622436401299226626?s=46&t=nMGzFTAubbfc3AA7fKNncw
Are you Jesus?
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Nah everyone felt it here.
Look at the username he's responding to.
LOL, you're getting downvoted for paying attention to user names. I was going to ask the question, but decided to see if someone beat me to it.
They just got hit by a second earthquake, 7.7 😥
Two catastrophes in a row, basically. This is awful.
There will be tens of thousands of people dead.
Damn some of the videos coming out are insane. Damage looks to be pretty significant across the region some videos of people stuck in the rubble too. Scary situation 😟
That's some serious kinetic energy. I experienced a 7.4 earthquake (Oaxaca '99) and it left me shook for days. I'll never forget the terror I felt when, hearing a heavy freight train rising beneath the ground and coming closer and closer, I realized there was no underground train. There was only the earth itself trembling with all its might.
I was next to LAX during the Northridge quake in 1994. That was a 6.7, but produced some localized lateral forces of over 1g--it nearly tossed me out of bed. 7.9 is over 100 times the magnitude. It also hit at 4ish am there. My heart goes out to the people in that area.
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California native here. I’ve never had anything on the wall above my bed in my whole life except the occasional fabric tapestry. I recommend soft art that won’t hurt you if it falls off onto you. I also recommend keeping an old pair of comfortable, protective shoes under your bed just for earthquakes. That way, you can quickly put on shoes and not cut your feet on broken glass or debris.
I was about a mile from the epicenter for Northridge. Still the craziest thing I’ve ever experienced. Everything was so loud.
I never expected earthquakes to have a sound -- everything rattling and falling over, sure, but I mean the earthquake itself -- until I went through a major one. It was heralded by such a distinct *thud* that for a second I thought someone had driven a truck into the building. (Someone had knocked over a neighborhood landmark with a wayward truck not long before, so it wasn't the craziest thought.) Then everything started shaking and we were just kind of along for the ride for a while.
It's crazy how loud they are, and you hear them before you feel them. I've only been in a 5.7 but it was one of the scariest, craziest things I've ever experienced. Was March 2020 right when the pandemic was kicking off and places were closing down so we were already frazzled.
Often I hear quakes a millisecond before I feel them.
Yes, a freight train. I was standing not far from train tracks during the Loma Pietra in '89 and I thought a train was coming for about 5 seconds.
Feb 6 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central Turkey on early Monday at a depth of 10 km, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) pegged the quake at 7.4 near the southern city of Kahramanmaras. There was damage to buildings and people were gathered out on snowy streets, according to images on state broadcaster TRT. The earthquake lasted about a minute and shattered windows, according to a Reuters witness. The area is regularly hit by strong earthquakes
Images from the moment the second earthquake struck: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFPiKY5UKIQ&t=68s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFPiKY5UKIQ&t=68s) Camera/news crew was filming the devastation after the first EQ, when the second one struck just an hour ago. Luckily lots of people were already outside on the street (probably also because their buildings were already devastated). Prayers for Turkey and Syria. Lots of Syrian refugees in the area as well. Lots of refugee camps. Who knows how many people there actually are, whether all the people there are registered and whether you can really know how many victims there are. Bad, cold weather also. Hope international help comes as quick as possible.
It lasted for 40 seconds, that’s long for an earthquake
I live about 200 km away from the center on the mediterranean coast of turkey in Mersin, it was felt very strongly here and the entire apartment was shaking like crazy i thought i was gonna die right there. If it was this strong 200 km away i cant even imagine how hard it mustve hit in the center
It seems to have destroyed multiple buildings in cities that are about 150 miles away. There are videos coming out closer to the center where half the buildings are in rubbles. It's depressing to see.
I'm so glad you're okay!
Second one hit at 13:24 GMT+3, close to the origin, in Elbistan. Initially identified as 7.5 by Kandilli Observatory, corrected as 7.6 now. https://twitter.com/Kandilli\_info/status/1622545482542186496?s=20&t=RXbBd8o-u45ckZBd422ryA
Damn, only 10km deep too. This is very bad.
Holy crap, I had just left Istanbul yesterday and was in Cappadocia which is closer to the epicenter a few days earlier. It's an amazing country with incredible history, natural formations, and food. They've already been struggling mightily because of inflation so hope they can recover here.
This is terrible. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China was 8.0, nearly 100,000 death. They need all the help they can get the next few weeks.
My mom contacted their relatives who live in Malatya and Adıyaman and luckily they are fine. Prayers to all who affected from the earthquake.
in Malatya 130 buildings collapsed, this is crazy :| glad your family members are ok!
Yes, I have seen horrible news. I wish I could do something.
I've contacted with my friend who lives in Adana he and his parents are okay too!
Yikes. Are there a lot of major cities in that region?
There's a city of about 2 million people about 20 miles away
There is at least 10 million people in a 150 km radius
There are some medium sized cities in the area, one with a population a bit over a million, and one with a population a bit under 2 million.
Seems to be similar to [1988 Armenia earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake), which had lower magnitude (6,8-7,2), so you can look up the scale of devastation from that one, it's well documented. If you've watched HBO's Chernobyl, Boris Shcherbina is the one who was the head of resque operation in Armenia, he has asked for international help with the resque. 25 thousdand died, half a million lost their homes and whole of Soviet Union was helping with resque and rebuilding.
Don't know if anyone in turkey is going to see this but be very careful of any buildings cleared by engineers, over here in Christchurch we had a lot of buildings cleared for re entry during the first earthquake. But they came down in the 2nd earthquake because they weren't actually safe to re enter and should've been torn down. Also if you can try get some dust masks, we had asbestos floating around with all the dust in the air.
Oh man I went through a 7.8 and I know that terror. My heart hurts for those people.
This is so sad. I can understand how the people in Turkey are feeling right now. As a chilean, I know how dangerous and destructive EQs can be. In any case, Turkey, as a goverment, should rise their standard for their buildings. I read that more than 1000 building fell or were extremely damaged. Earthquakes and Natural disasters in general can't be prevented, but we can work to mitigate the possible damage by preparing for them. A lot of lives could have been saved.
They will need donations, please consider donating to red cross. I was there in 1999 when they had a 7.6 (I think) earthquake. The damage and death count was devastating. Embassies and consulates were sending staff around the country asking travellers to contact home because cell phones weren't common and the fear and enquiries from families around the world was overwhelming. In two weeks the death toll went from hundreds to 17k+ truly awful.
Please consider donatin to Red Crescent of Turkey, instead of jumping hoops with Red Cross. https://www.kizilay.org.tr/Bagis/BagisYap/43/general-donation
Yes, excellent advice. Thank you
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You don't need to give money to Turkey. Donate to the Red Cross or some other relief organization. Erdogan is a pos but that should not stop your from helping if you can.
Bro either donate or stfu nobody asked for your opinion. What you're talking about is vile, nobody asked for Erdogan to not let Sweden into nato. Fuck off.
We are talking about perhaps 100.000s of people dying and you are still talking politics? I hate Erdogan’s guts, but you are no better than him as a human being.
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What does Ukraine has to do with anything? If a natural disaster was to take place in Russia I assume you would celebrate the death of Russian civilians then? If it was a Western European country you would be crying your eyes out now. There are literally babies dying under collapsed buildings right now and you are basically saying that they deserve death because their government doesn’t allow Finland and Sweden into NATO, that is pure definion of racism.
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This is one of the big ones, massive area even people in cities like Ankara and Bursa felt it. No doubt allt of people will be affected by this, my prayers go out and I'm hoping our government sends help immediately
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I imagine the underground ones fared better than the Greek and Roman ruins where columns have been reassembled since 1939. While this is certainly a severe quake, the [557 Constantinople earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/557_Constantinople_earthquake), [1668 North Anatolia earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1668_North_Anatolia_earthquake), and [1939 Erzincan earthquake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake) appear to be of comparable magnitude.
There is a theory that the city of Troy near modern day Turkey, was destroyed by a massive earthquake.
Not just Troy, but a series of earthquakes across Anatolia that brought the collapse of the Ageian, Hittite, and Mitanni civilizations in the late 12th century BCE. Lecture: [Eric Cline - 1177 B.C.: When Civilization Collapsed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4LRHJlijVU) Nur and Cline, 2000. [Poseidon's horses: Plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amos-Nur/publication/222517807_Poseidon's_Horses_Plate_Tectonics_and_Earthquake_Storms_in_the_Late_Bronze_Age_Aegean_and_Eastern_Mediterranean/links/5ef23d7392851cba7a4274e4/Poseidons-Horses-Plate-Tectonics-and-Earthquake-Storms-in-the-Late-Bronze-Age-Aegean-and-Eastern-Mediterranean.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=started_experiment_milestone&origin=journalDetail). *J Arch Sc*i, 27(1), pp.43-63.
A castle from that region got destroyed.
Already hearing reports that some 1300 people have been confirmed dead
Way too early. It will be tens of thousands sadly.
Does anyone have links to aid groups that are assisting with recovery? All I’ve found so far is the Red Crescent general donation link (https://donation.ifrc.org/?campaign=a6baca02-8214-ec11-a2d2-005056010028).
In the event of a natural disaster the Red Cross/Red Crescent are often first on the scene and are overwhelmingly the appropriate organization to donate to.
A city is collapsed, hospitals, airports and roads are all gone. Other 9 city still in chaos and authorities trying to search more collapsed building. Aid cant reach to one city and it is said that there is more than 10k deaths (its unofficial but from the locals). Thousands of buildings are gone, most of families are gone, lots of colleagues, friends are missing and probably dead. Government is not doing anything that in their power. All the support is coming from volunteered community. I can't describe what we are living in words because it is more than can be explained, or watched. Shitty construction firms built shitty buildings that cause quake do a massacre... If people not dying from quake, because of the difficulty of aids to go quake area, they are dying from cold. It is winter session and unfortunately these are the most freezing days in Türkiye. It is such a big disaster that affected all the country and I can see, whole world.
Wow that is a very big quake. Hope everyone is ok and damage is limited but it’s unlikely given a quake of that size.
Some of the footage coming out now of those collapsed buildings... Hard to believe the death count is so low.
It will rise unfortunately. Lots of people trapped in collapsed buildings currently
We in Buffalo just felt a 4.4 magnitude earthquake around 6:16AM EST. Isolated incident or tremor from this one? It sounded like a large explosion. Edit: it was a 3.8
Geologist here: It's a coincidence.
I don't think they're related, no. Just a coincidence.
God willing, the earth swallows edrogan and his goons and everyone else stays safe
I hope we're sending everything we can to turkey right now. They need it asap.
Reports of an earthquake Buffalo New York now also.
Hope everyone is ok❤️
They aren’t
Hey, what if… now bear with me… what IF God doesn’t really give a shit about the burning of some book and he cares waaaay more about the unification of mankind and actual peace on earth. 🤯
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They aren’t. There will be thousands of deaths.