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Current English – Deadly and Devastating Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

One of the deadliest natural disaster – earthquake strucked – Turkey and Syria- 6th February,2023 – epicenter in Gaziantep, Turkey – 7.8 magnitude – catastrophic – affected southern and central Turkey – northern and western Syria – was also felt in Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Cyprus – huge damages and fatalities – till 12th February 2019 aftershocks – seismic sequence was happened due to shallow strike – slip faulting – as on 14th February, over 41000 deaths – in Turkey over 35400 deaths and in Syria over 5700 deaths – winter storm hampered rescue operation – estimated damage of US$84.1 billion – rescue operation is ongoing- arranged shelter for displaced people

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