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(USGS)   Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits central Turkey   (earthquake.usgs.gov) divider line
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studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 9:15:24 PM  
Agenda free TV has a live news feed:
7.8 Earthquake in Turkey - LIVE Breaking News Coverage
Youtube TImb2wRSKLU
 
GitOffaMyLawn [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:19:44 PM  
Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:31:36 PM  

GitOffaMyLawn: Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.


& 11 miles (11.12) down
 
TommyDeuce [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:39:18 PM  

sno man: GitOffaMyLawn: Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.

& 11 miles (11.12) down


Still, at 7.8, there's a pretty high chance of serious bad news there.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:39:58 PM  
Looking at #earthquake on Twitter
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23earthquake&src=recent_search_click&f=live

Many buildings collapsed, including a hotel, in both Turkey and Syria.
 
TommyDeuce [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:40:50 PM  
Aw crap, that's real close to the Syrian border. This won't be good news for a lot of people in refugee camps either.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:42:53 PM  
Yikes.
 
GitOffaMyLawn [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:43:08 PM  

sno man: GitOffaMyLawn: Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.

& 11 miles (11.12) down


And the 1994 Northridge earthquake was 6.7 and 11.31 miles down.

Your point being?
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:43:08 PM  
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/02/magnitude-78-earthquake-hits-turkey-felt-across-lebanon-and-region
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 9:44:00 PM  
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sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:44:35 PM  

GitOffaMyLawn: sno man: GitOffaMyLawn: Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.

& 11 miles (11.12) down

And the 1994 Northridge earthquake was 6.7 and 11.31 miles down.

Your point being?


if there's anything still standing there, it'll be a miracle.
 
Best in this World [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:47:22 PM  
I hope that no one was seriously hurt but I fear that it's inevitable.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 9:49:05 PM  
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source:  https://twitter.com/BarzanSadiq/status/1622421523293261826

According to Agenda Free TV, The city of Diyarkbakir is 175 miles from the epicenter.
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:50:17 PM  

TommyDeuce: sno man: GitOffaMyLawn: Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.

& 11 miles (11.12) down

Still, at 7.8, there's a pretty high chance of serious bad news there.


11 miles sounds deep but it's actually pretty shallow for these things... nothing but bad news I'm sure.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:51:28 PM  
That'll wake you up in the morning.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 9:51:36 PM  

GitOffaMyLawn: sno man: GitOffaMyLawn: Atalar would not be the place to be.

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That's about 0.6 miles between Atalar and the epicenter.

& 11 miles (11.12) down

And the 1994 Northridge earthquake was 6.7 and 11.31 miles down.

Your point being?


Shallow earthquakes (the USGS defines "shallow" as within 70 km of the surface) are worse than deep ones because there isn't so much rock between you and it to absorb the energy.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 9:53:07 PM  
China breathes a sigh of relief that their balloon is no longer the top headline.

Ukraine not so happy.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 9:59:38 PM  
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California take on this.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 10:02:28 PM  
CNN has a live feed up:
7.9 Magnitude Powerful Earthquake Jolts Turkey | Earthquake In Turkey Today | English News LIVE
Youtube rD4Pvb5cZS8
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:05:08 PM  
Moses in the rushes.  I hope there weren't a lot of fatalities.  Hell of a shake.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 10:10:06 PM  
There are reports of dozens of buildings collapsed all across the region

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The quake happened at 4:17 am local time, when people would have been asleep.

There are cities over 100 miles away with buildings collapsed.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:19:44 PM  
Aftershocks aren't going to be good either.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 10:24:08 PM  

Jake Havechek: Moses in the rushes.  I hope there weren't a lot of fatalities.  Hell of a shake.


It is far worse than these early reports indicate.

We are watching a historic disaster as it unfolds.
 
Dinodork [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:25:35 PM  

Jake Havechek: Aftershocks aren't going to be good either.


Already a 6.8 aftershock. This is gonna be bad.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 10:36:52 PM  
https://twitter.com/i/status/162243658697657548

Video of power flashes and then power failure shows the approach of the earthquake.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 10:50:59 PM  
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Declaring their highest level of national emergency would automatically request international aid.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 11:24:52 PM  

TommyDeuce: Aw crap, that's real close to the Syrian border. This won't be good news for a lot of people in refugee camps either.


Their aid supplies will get disrupted, but otherwise they will be fine.

The safest building in an earthquake is a tent.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-05 11:47:04 PM  
Huge blazes from broken natural gas pipelines:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1622440950554415105
https://twitter.com/i/status/1622427679336062976

Ten story apartment building comes down in an instant:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1622444332749058050
 
cherryl taggart [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 11:56:23 PM  
If there's an upside here, it's maybe the Turkish government and its Russian puppet will stop bothering the rest of Europe and NATO.

Who am I kidding?  They're probably going to say it's God's judgement for not stopping the Ukrainian resistance.  Thugs gotta thug.
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:09:21 AM  

cherryl taggart: If there's an upside here, it's maybe the Turkish government and its Russian puppet will stop bothering the rest of Europe and NATO.

Who am I kidding?  They're probably going to say it's God's judgement for not stopping the Ukrainian resistance.  Thugs gotta thug.


They are a NATO member.. A shaity one to be sure, but one none the less, they will get lots of NATO member support.
Hopefully with a quite Sweden joining approval string or two attached...
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 12:22:41 AM  

studebaker hoch: https://twitter.com/i/status/162243658697657548

Video of power flashes and then power failure shows the approach of the earthquake.


That is WILD.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 12:25:26 AM  

cherryl taggart: If there's an upside here, it's maybe the Turkish government and its Russian puppet will stop bothering the rest of Europe and NATO.

Who am I kidding?  They're probably going to say it's God's judgement for not stopping the Ukrainian resistance.  Thugs gotta thug.


Perhaps Sweden will offer financial and humanitarian aid.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 12:26:53 AM  
Daytime video - this is horrible
https://twitter.com/aliosmanonder34/status/1622460844847124480
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 12:33:40 AM  
Seismic waves traversing North America
https://twitter.com/DrWendyRocks/status/1622468146681479168
 
sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:36:23 AM  

make me some tea: cherryl taggart: If there's an upside here, it's maybe the Turkish government and its Russian puppet will stop bothering the rest of Europe and NATO.

Who am I kidding?  They're probably going to say it's God's judgement for not stopping the Ukrainian resistance.  Thugs gotta thug.

Perhaps Sweden will offer financial and humanitarian aid.


That would be very magnanimous of them.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:37:40 AM  

make me some tea: Daytime video - this is horrible
https://twitter.com/aliosmanonder34/status/1622460844847124480


Scores dead already
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 12:39:34 AM  

leeksfromchichis: make me some tea: Daytime video - this is horrible
https://twitter.com/aliosmanonder34/status/1622460844847124480

Scores dead already


76 dead, 400 injured last update. Expected to rise.

Everyone was asleep in those buildings. I can't even.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-06 12:51:40 AM  

make me some tea: leeksfromchichis: make me some tea: Daytime video - this is horrible
https://twitter.com/aliosmanonder34/status/1622460844847124480

Scores dead already

76 dead, 400 injured last update. Expected to rise.

Everyone was asleep in those buildings. I can't even.


I'm speculating thousands dead.

There have been at least 16 aftershocks in the mid 4's or higher since the 7.8 main shock.  Damage is spread over a huge area.

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sno man [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 12:56:20 AM  

leeksfromchichis: make me some tea: Daytime video - this is horrible
https://twitter.com/aliosmanonder34/status/1622460844847124480

Scores dead already


100-150 or more per building there not out of the equation.. (based on the still standing buildings near the end, of likely similar size.)
 
4seasons85! [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 1:06:30 AM  
Well there's a horrible video floating around supposedly of a man recording himself on his phone buried in rubble asking for help. I hope they find him in time.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 1:07:08 AM  

studebaker hoch: make me some tea: leeksfromchichis: make me some tea: Daytime video - this is horrible
https://twitter.com/aliosmanonder34/status/1622460844847124480

Scores dead already

76 dead, 400 injured last update. Expected to rise.

Everyone was asleep in those buildings. I can't even.

I'm speculating thousands dead.

There have been at least 16 aftershocks in the mid 4's or higher since the 7.8 main shock.  Damage is spread over a huge area.

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source


I just saw a Reuters link that said it's been revised to 7.9

That's the magnitude of 1906, SF.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 1:10:03 AM  
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Last Man on Earth
2023-02-06 2:08:38 AM  
As God as my witness...
 
studebaker hoch
2023-02-06 2:11:40 AM  
Daybreak reveals horrific scene of total devastation:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1622471980573147137
 
thisisyourbrainonFark
2023-02-06 2:11:49 AM  
Just the preliminary reports say over 300 dead. Good luck to the searchers and their dogs.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 2:13:56 AM  

studebaker hoch: Daybreak reveals horrific scene of total devastation:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1622471980573147137


But enough about Twitter, the quake has done a lot of damage.
 
farkinlovit
2023-02-06 2:22:01 AM  
I wish back in the 90's when i was in school running a seismology setup to make better records of the long period seismograph records that would catch ones from far away, especially when India and Pakistan were flexing off.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 2:25:19 AM  
Live coverage now

🔴 Al Jazeera English | Live
Youtube GEumHK0hfdo
 
Amoment
2023-02-06 2:28:57 AM  
FAFO
Turkey took a wrong turn in todays world
There's things to be considered.
To be correct is to be careful and just.
 
fat boy
2023-02-06 2:29:46 AM  
Haven't you heard, it's Türkiye now
 
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