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Rescuers search for people trapped under debris in Tabanli village near the city of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey. Picture: AP Source: news.com.au
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Left: Rescuers search for people trapped under debris in Tabanli village near the city of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey.
Right: A man carries an injured child in the city of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey. Pictures: AP, Source: news.com.au
[release] • 7.3 magnitude Earthquake hits eastern Turkey
• Dozens injured or trapped as buildings collapse
• "People are panicked", extent of damage not known
[B]AN earthquake of 7.3 magnitude hit eastern Turkey overnight, leaving dozens of people injured after several buildings collapsed, seismologists and reports said.[/B]
At least 50 people were taken to hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said. There were no immediate reports of deaths but officials warned that they were struggling to assess the full extent of the damage.
"Two buildings collapsed," Van Mayor Bekir Kaya told the NTV television in an initial assessment.
"People are panicked. The telecommunication services have collapsed. We cannot reach anybody," he added.
The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 7.3 magnitude and said that an aftershock was of 5.6 magnitude had also been registered. The epicentre of the aftershock, which occurred at 1056 GMT, was located 19 kilometers northeast of Van, the institute added.
The depth of the initial quake was 7.2 kilometers, according to the US seismologists. The depth of the aftershock was 20 kilometers, they added.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck around 1041 GMT, was at Tabanli in Van province, said the Kandilli seismological institute in Istanbul.
The Turkish institute said that there were two aftershocks which in particular impacted on Ilikaynak and Gedikbulak villages.
The quake was also felt in neighbouring provinces, Turkish media reported.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled his official programme and was due to visit the quake region on Sunday, said NTV.
Van, a city of 380,000 inhabitants, is located more than 1,200 kilometres from the capital Ankara.
The city airport received damage from the quake and planes are being directed to the Erzurum province, around 400 kilometres from Van, media reported.
Turkey is earthquake-prone due to being crossed by several fault lines.
In 1999, two strong quakes in the heavily-populated and industrialised regions of northwest Turkey left some 20,000 dead.
An earthquake in Kutahya province in 1970 killed more than 1,000 people.[/release]
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This happened on the night of the 22nd.
Do we have any Turkish Facepunch members?
[QUOTE=WarRocker32;32922818]Do we have any Turkish Facepunch members?[/QUOTE]
Not anymore
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Shut up, I'm Turkish and that's mean :(
Poor people. I hope my relatives that live in Tukey weren't hurt.
weren't hurt.
[QUOTE=343N;32922974]Shut up, I'm Turkish and that's mean :(
Poor people. I hope my relatives weren't hurt.[/QUOTE]
If it means anything, I felt bad for posting it
Earthquakes suck, man. I love Turkey.
[QUOTE=343N;32922974]Shut up, I'm Turkish and that's mean :(
Poor people. I hope my relatives that live in Tukey weren't hurt.
weren't hurt.[/QUOTE]
Well at least happy birthday bro
Quakes have to be Expected in turkey, I mean, they're on a fault line
[QUOTE=343N;32922974]Shut up, I'm Turkish and that's mean :(
Poor people. I hope my relatives that live in Tukey weren't hurt.
weren't hurt.[/QUOTE]
Hope your family's okay, it was a strong quake but thankfully Turkey is developed and will control the situation as best as possible. Thankfully it's nothing like Haiti, where people could be indirectly killed by the earthquake (famine+etc); so the likelihood of them being fine is much higher!
The thing that stood out to me most in that picture was the fact that everyone wore pretty much the same things.
On a side note: I hope stuff really isn't too bad there.
If this happened in uk, everyone would be wearing a track suit.
[quote]AN earthquake of 7.3 magnitude [/quote]
Wow, that sure puts Australian understandings of earthquakes on shaky ground.
This is horrible, but only 50 people being in hospital is good relative to the tens of thousands that died in 99.
[QUOTE=Noth;32922836]Not anymore
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That was so mean but so funny...
[QUOTE=Noth;32922836]Not anymore
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Holy shit, thank you for making me laugh the most I ever have at a witty reply on the internet.
[QUOTE=Noth;32922836]Not anymore
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Fucking glorious
[QUOTE=Noth;32922836]Not anymore
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Didn't deserve a ban.
The Acting President of Libya just gave his condolences to Turkey during his liberation speech
[b]thanksgiving cancelled[/b]
My brother was planning on going there these days, I hope he hasn't gotten there yet.
[QUOTE=Noth;32922836]Not anymore
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Although this is a terrible event, I laughed pretty damn hard :v:
How the hell didn't I feel that here in Greece? I must be a heavy sleeper.
[quote]In 1999, two strong quakes in the heavily-populated and industrialised regions of northwest Turkey left some 20,000 dead.[/quote]
I'm surprised so many people are estimated to have died from this quake. If Turkey is sitting on a bunch of fault lines and they've had this happen in the past, why haven't they built buildings that are earthquake resistant? Does the country not have the funds to do this?
[quote]Up to 1000 dead as quake hits turkey.[/quote]
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[QUOTE=evilweazel;32923552]Fucking glorious[/QUOTE]
I'm afraid I don't really get it
At least I don't think to its full extent
Can someone explain?
I'm actually worrying about the Turkish Facepuncher guys. There should have been more turks in this thread by now
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Oh lord. That on top of the "Not anymore" comment was just too much.
I can't breathe. :v:
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That poor girl had to have her eyebrows amputated.
She will be locked in a permanent look of surprise for the rest of her life.
Its good that the quakes happen now, rather than twenty years from now. As in pressure building up etc.
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