Turkey earthquake: 7900 dead in Turkey, Syria; toll likely to increase | Explainer | Oneindia News

This past Monday was a day of complete destruction, havoc of immeasurable proportions…and a grief of ineffable magnitude for Turkiye and Syria. In one of possibly the worst natural disasters these two nations might have undergone in the modern history…a total of around 7900 lives so far have been lost. The toll is expected to rise more as rescue workers struggle to find bodies in the frigid cold. In a span of less than even 24 hours..3 strong earthquakes had rocked Turkey and North-West Syria. The aftershocks were even felt in parts of Israel, Lebanon and Cyprus. This was the most deadly earthquake in Turkey since a similar one in 1999 that had killed over 17,000 ! Turkey has declared a 3months emergency following these earthquakes In this video, we decode why is this region so prone to earthquakes and why these earthquakes were so powerful. But before that, don’t forget to like, share and subscribe to Oneindia.

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