Turkey-Syria earthquake destroys thousands of buildings! Major damage in the entire city

#earthquake #turkey #syria Multiple powerful earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. The first quake struck before dawn on a rainy and snowy night. The US Geological Survey said quake was centred about 33 kilometres from Gaziantep about 26 kilometres from the town of Nurdagi. It was felt as far away as Cairo, Cyprus, Lebanon and even in Greenland and Denmark. Hours later, a second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck southeastern Turkey’s Kahramanmaras region. It occurred at a depth of 7 km and the epicenter of the quake was Elbistan region of Kahramanmaras province. The earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes central Turkey later in the evening. An initial Turkish assessment estimated that 6,217 buildings had been destroyed across the affected areas. In addition, 224 buildings in northwestern Syrian were destroyed and at least 325 were damaged, including aid warehouses. Monday’s quake is believed to be the strongest to hit Turkey since 1939