High-rise collapses in Turkey due to earthquake
Istanbul: Syria and Turkey are devastated by the earthquake. Several earthquakes were felt on Monday morning. Two of these earthquakes measured 7.8 and 7.6 on the Richter scale. Apart from this, several earthquakes of magnitude 4 on the Richter scale were felt. Due to this earthquake, houses and electric poles have collapsed in the area around the Turkey-Syria border. Cars on the road were also damaged. Cracks have also been seen in some places on the road. Various pictures and videos of the moments after the earthquake was felt have spread on social media. It can be seen how houses are collapsing. The camera also captured how the people were crushed inside the house.
A video of a house collapsing in the Turkish city of Urfa has gone viral on social media. It shows how a red colored house collapsed. The people on the other side of the road were videoing the multi-story building. The house suddenly collapsed. After breaking down, the multi-storey building completely turned into dust. All around was filled with dust.
Viral video captures the moment when a building collapsed in Sanliurfa, hours after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.#Turkey #earthquake
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— WION (@WIONews) February 6, 2023
In another video footage of Pazarchik city in Turkey. The video shows the scene in the early hours of the morning. It can be seen there, Shunshan is the city road. The car is standing on the road. Several high-rises can also be seen in the distance. After a while, the area started shaking. After that some distant houses collapsed.
Earthquakes moment in Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş#Deprem #Turkey 🇹🇷pic.twitter.com/3jMRczyMQg
— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) February 7, 2023
A view of the Turkish city of Maras during the earthquake. caught Someone caught the scene on camera while driving. It is seen there, the car stopped while driving. Then it was seen that some people started running on the road. After that, it was seen that three or four houses collapsed.
Turkey: The moment the second big earthquake hit Kahramanmaraş pic.twitter.com/4XvcFZz3Hb
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) February 7, 2023
The death toll from the terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 17 thousand. Among them, more than 14 thousand people died in Turkey. About 100,000 injured people have been rescued from the two countries. Rescue work is still going on there.
