The 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes were two powerful earthquakes that struck on 6 February 2023, within hours of one another, in southern Turkey near the border with Syria. The first, of magnitude 7.8, occurred in the early morning near Gaziantep, and the second, of magnitude 7.5, followed in the early afternoon farther north. Strong shaking and aftershocks devastated large areas, including the cities of Kahramanmaras, Hatay and Antakya, and parts of northwestern Syria. Tens of thousands of people died and many more were left homeless in freezing weather, and thousands of buildings collapsed. Poor construction and weak enforcement of building codes were widely blamed for the scale of the destruction, and the disaster led to a large international rescue and relief effort.
Before and after
- 15 January 2023Premiere of The Last of Us
- 27 January 20232023 Jerusalem synagogue shooting
- from 1 February 2023 to 4 February 20232023 Chinese balloon incident
- 3 February 20232023 Ohio train derailment
- 6 February 20232023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
- 6 February 2023Release of Gemini
- 26 February 20232023 Huwara rampage
- 28 February 2023Tempi train crash
- 4 March 2023Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty
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