Turkey Earthquake LIVE: Overall Death Toll In Turkey & Syria Rises To More Than 2300
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August 1999: For 45 seconds, a massive magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Marmara, a highly populated region to the south of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis. Within a few days, the official death toll had risen to 17,500.
November 1999: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Turkish town of Duzce, killing at least 845 people.
May 2003: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern province of Bingol, destroying a school dormitory. At least 167 individuals were murdered, including 83 children.
March 2010: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake devastated the eastern province of Elazig, killing at least 42 people.
October 2011: Van, a city in eastern Turkey, was struck by two earthquakes. The first (magnitude 7.2) struck on October 23, while the second (magnitude 5.6) occurred on November 9, killing 644 people.
January 2020: Elazig was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, killing at least 22 people and wounding over 1,000. It was felt in Syria, Georgia, and Armenia as well.
October 2020: On October 30, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake levelled buildings in eastern Greece and western Turkey, killing at least 24 people and injured approximately 800. In Turkey, much of the damage occurred in and around the Aegean tourist city of Izmir.
February 2023: A strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northwest Syria. In Turkey, at least 912 people have been killed and another 5,000 have been wounded. Authorities in Syria, which has already been devastated by more than 11 years of civil conflict, reported at least 328 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured, largely in the provinces of Hama, Aleppo, and Latakia.