Turkey earthquake 2023

 News websites and satellite channels united the words broadcast on their screens, urgent: 

earthquake now. 

The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck large areas of Turkey and Syria has risen, exceeding 20,000 dead so far, according to an official toll published Thursday evening.

 A Turkish official said the disaster posed "very serious difficulties" for the holding of an election scheduled for May 14 in which President Tayyip Erdogan has been expected to face his toughest challenge in two decades in power.

With anger simmering over delays in the delivery of aid and getting the rescue effort underway, the disaster is likely to play into the vote if it goes ahead.

The first U.N. convoy carrying aid to stricken Syrians crossed over the border from Turkey.

In Syria's Idlib province, Munira Mohammad, a mother of four who fled Aleppo after the quake, said: "It is all children here, and we need heating and supplies, last night we couldn't sleep because it was so cold. It is very bad."

Hundreds of thousands of people in both countries have been left homeless in the middle of winter. Many have camped out in makeshift shelters in supermarket car parks, mosques, roadsides or amid the ruins, often desperate for food, water and heat.

Some 40% of buildings in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, epicentre of the tremor, are damaged, according to a preliminary report by Turkey's Bogazici University.

Roadside campfires

At a gas station near the Turkish town of Kemalpasa, people picked through cardboard boxes of donated clothes. In the port city of Iskenderun, Reuters journalists saw people huddled round campfires on roadsides and in wrecked garages and warehouses.

Authorities say some 6,500 buildings in Turkey collapsed and countless more were damaged.

The death toll in Turkey rose to 17,134, the emergency management agency said. In Syria, already devastated by nearly 12 years of civil war, more than 3,200 people have died, according to the government and a rescue service in the rebel-held northwest.

In the devastated Syrian town of Jandaris, Ibrahim Khalil Menkaween walked in the rubble-strewn streets clutching a white body bag. 

He said he had lost seven members of his family, including his wife and two of his brothers.

"I'm holding this bag for when they bring out my brother, and my brother's young son, and both of their wives, so we can pack them in bags," he said. "The situation is very bad. And there is no aid."

Turkish officials say some 13.5 million people were affected in an area spanning roughly 450 km (280 miles) from Adana in the west to Diyarbakir in the east. 

In Syria, people were killed as far south as Hama, 250 km from the epicentre.

Rescue crews looked for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in the dark in the city of Adiyaman with temperatures below freezing, Turkish broadcasters showed.

Teams frequently called for silence, asking all vehicles and generators to be turned off and reporters to keep quiet as they listened for sounds of anyone alive under the concrete blocks.

There were still some signs of hope.

A 2-year-old boy was picked out of the rubble by a Romanian and Polish rescue team in Hatay 79 hours after the quake, video released by Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) on Thursday showed.

The boy, wearing a blue, white and black striped sweater, cried as he was gently lifted from the hole where he had been trapped. He was carried away on a blanket. 

No other details were immediately available.

Another video from IHH showed a helmeted and dust-streaked rescuer weeping with emotion after successfully freeing a little girl from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras.

Many in Turkey have complained of a lack of equipment, expertise and support to rescue those trapped - sometimes  

 And the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced Thursday on his Twitter account that he is "on his way" to Syria, where the organization supports basic health services in the areas hit by the recent earthquake, based on our work in the country for a long time.

 The organization warned earlier that the number of people affected by the earthquake may reach 23 million, including in Syria, including about five million people in a fragile situation.

 Let the urgent news bring pain in the hearts of many people, death will reap hundreds and leave the injured grieving and bereaved. The aftershocks of the Turkish earthquake spread to the cities of Syria, the most famous of which is the city of Latakia, which bled today and wept over the loss of its children. 

 What made some search for aftershocks of the earthquake that struck Turkey The earthquake also left many wounded, injured, and homeless people who lost their homes in the blink of an eye, which reflects the size of the day .

in southern Turkey and in Syria. The Egyptians also felt the strong earthquake that extended for a period, but without material losses or lives, thank God. 

 Therefore, the Egyptians fear a large number of aftershocks of the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey. 

 The masses of the Arab world and the world showed their sympathy for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and the haste to provide assistance, including ambulances and foodstuffs, to overcome this great ordeal, which invites us all to think and reconsider this simple life, whose treachery and treacherous natural phenomena are not safe.

 Destruction and death are the most important consequences of the earthquake in Turkey The earthquake that hit Turkey on Monday is considered the most violent earthquake since the 1999 Turkey earthquake, when a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Izmit, located in western Turkey. The earthquake claimed the lives of more than 17,000 people, which is a very (big) number. 

 It is known that the region where the earthquake occurred in Turkey is known to be active with regard to the occurrence of earthquakes.

 Today's earthquake was classified as a devastating earthquake. 

 The aforementioned two plates, this collision results in the generation of energy stored in the rocks and in the ground, indicating the continuation of a group of aftershocks. 

This explains the occurrence of the earthquake. 

As for the aftershocks of the Turkey earthquake, we mention that other earthquakes are possible. 

 The strength of the earthquake is due to the largeness of the two plates, which are concentrated in the cities of the Caucasus, the countries of Turkey and Iran, and this earthquake was not the first in that region, but that region has historically witnessed several earthquakes The aftershocks of the Turkey earthquake were centered in the south of Turkey, which left large numbers of victims and Syria, and the death toll is expected to increase with the passage of time.

As for the material losses, they are very heavy, as it left many dilapidated buildings and figures. More than ten states, which was not expected to happen like this. Turkey earthquake strength Buildings are demolished and roads are cracked due to an earthquake in southern Turkey According to geological measurements, the earthquake in Turkey and Syria is an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale. 

 To be classified as a very strong earthquake, and one of the most important aftershocks of the Turkey earthquake is expected to cause other aftershocks, and the aftershocks were recorded as 6.5 Richter.

 Why are earthquakes frequent in Turkey? 

 Massive and massive destruction left by the earthquake in Turkey today Speaking of the aftershocks of the Turkey earthquake, a very important question arises, which is why earthquakes are repeated. 

We find that Turkey is classified as one of the most active earthquake regions. 

 Also, most of the cities of Turkey are located on the Anatolian tectonic plate, and it is located between the Arabian plate, which is heading north by about one inch per year, and the Eurasian plate, the fixed body (that is, it is an immovable crust) that impedes any movement towards the north, which causes pressure on Turkey, located on set of fault lines.

Earthquake line in Turkey Everyone must cooperate inside Turkey, Syria, and its neighboring countries and owners of money, to extend a helping hand to such stronger humanitarian disasters, in which this simple person stands helpless. in front of her..