(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 Mag Earthquake hits Southern Turkey [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-05 A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Southern Turkey near the border with Syria at around 4 am local time. Extensive damage is expected. The quake struck 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, Gaziantep province at a relatively shallow depth of 17.9 km. Regions affected include Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel and beyond. earthquake.usgs.gov/... x Damaging M7.8 EQ hit southern Turkey near the Syrian border ~4am local time. PAGER is red for this event; extensive damage is probable. Our hearts go out to those affected. See @Kandilli_info for local info. https://t.co/dMyc6ZVrE1 https://t.co/0OxrznZf1v pic.twitter.com/eco071JqVm — USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) February 6, 2023 x ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M7.8 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Nurdağı (#Turkey) at 04:17:32 local time (UTC 01:17:32). Shaking was felt over 600km by approximately 86M people in Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Georgia, Syrian Arab Republic, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan. — EMSC (@LastQuake) February 6, 2023 Aftershocks - Seismic Activity in the region The region where the February 6 earthquake occurred, within the vicinity of a triple-junction between the Anatolia, Arabia, and Africa plates, is seismically active. This is one of the the largest earthquake to hit this region in recent history. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the city of Erzincan in 1939, killing an estimated 33,000 people. A quake in this region on January 24, 2020 caused extensive damage and injuries. From seismo.berkeley.edu/… Turkey is one of the seismically most active nations in Eurasia. The cause of the dangerous seismic activity is the collision of several of the plates, which make up the surface of the earth like a giant, slowly moving jigsaw puzzle. Much of the Asian portion of Turkey is its own plate, the Anatolian Plate. This relatively small puzzle piece is being squeezed between two giants of the plate tectonic system. Coming from the south with a velocity of approximately one inch per year, the Arabian Plate is ramming into the Eurasian Plate, the stable platform extending along the northern edge of Turkey. For reference, here is a map of the major tectonic plates around the globe. The boundaries, where plates slip, slide and subduct against each other, is where major earthquake and volcanic activity takes place. A reminder that the Richter magnitude scale is a logarithmic; a M7.8 earthquake has 10 times the amplitude and 31.6 times the amount of energy released compared to an M6.8 earthquake. Online reports x Due to the Earthquake a Gas Pipeline near the City of Kahramanmaraş in Southern Turkey has reportedly Exploded and is burning out of control with Emergency Services completely overwhelmed with Rescue Operations. pic.twitter.com/FnvZ3i1hEp — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 6, 2023 Building collapses, esp. during the pre-dawn hours, will unfortunately cause extensive injuries and fatalities. x Entire buildings collapsed in S. #Turkey the epicenter of 7.8 magnitude earthquake in last hour, that also sent shockwaves to Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus. We don’t know death toll yet: pic.twitter.com/A7fomc3AXT — Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 6, 2023 Devastation in Kahramanmaraş in southern Turkey, 50 miles NW of Gaziantep. x WATCH: Daylight reveals massive destruction in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey pic.twitter.com/YZD1J4iYfc — BNO News Live (@BNODesk) February 6, 2023 Dreadful damage to buildings while people were sleeping. x The City of İskenderun in Southern Turkey has suffered some of the most Severe Damage caused by the Earthquake, there are reports that Fire and Rescue Crews are unable to get to many parts of the City with 100s if not 1000s of people expected to still be under collapsed buildings pic.twitter.com/kMV2hgEBXZ — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 6, 2023 Other News x "The U.S. is profoundly concerned by the reports of today's destructive #earthquake in #Türkiye and #Syria. We stand ready to provide all needed assistance. #Biden has directed USAID and other federal govt partners to assess U.S. response to help those most affected.." pic.twitter.com/dLK0WlTdVj — News About Turkey - NAT (@NewsAboutTurke1) February 6, 2023 Nature can be red in tooth and claw. Let’s pray that it is less savage this time for the battered people of this region. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/5/2151302/-7-8-Mag-earthquake-hits-Southern-Turkey Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/