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  • Turkey hit by one other 6.4 magnitude earthquake weeks after lethal tremors

    6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s southern Hatay province, mentioned the nation’s catastrophe company.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 20, 2023 23:20 IST

    Aerial picture reveals the destruction in Hatay, southern Turkey, within the aftermath of the February 6 earthquake. (Photo: AP)

    By India Today Web Desk: As the Turkish authorities continues the rescue operation of individuals trapped below the buildings flattened by the unprecedented earthquakes which hit the nation two weeks in the past, one other 6.4 magnitude tremor struck the nation’s southern Hatay province on late Monday night, in response to the catastrophe company.

    This comes after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province struck within the early hours of February 6, adopted by over 40 aftershocks burying hundreds below the rubble of flattened buildings in Turkey and neighbouring Syria.

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    As rescue operations proceed, considerations are rising over the potential unfold of an infection in quake-hit areas.

    Italian seismologist Professor Carlo Doglioni claimed that Turkey, as per estimates, has truly slipped by 5 to 6 meters in comparison with Syria after the horizontal sliding of the 2 plates that brought on the magnitude 7.8 quake within the two neighboring nations. The violent earthquake was brought on by the Anatolian plate transferring in the direction of the Southwest with respect to the Arabica plate.

    The President of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Professor Doglioni, mentioned that the 2 earthquakes 7.8 and seven.2 on the Richter scale respectively, had been a part of a single seismic sequence unleashed on the intersection of 4 plates that collide repeatedly — Anatolian, Arabica, Eurasian and African.

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    Feb 20, 2023

  • Long highway to Hatay as rescuers race towards time to achieve quake-hit areas | Ground report

    The highway to Turkey’s Hatay province is full of an infinite stream of automobiles carrying reduction supplies and volunteers hoping to help survivors of the earthquake. India Today’s Gaurav Sawant stories from the bottom.

    Adana,UPDATED: Feb 9, 2023 10:38 IST

    Searchers are nonetheless pulling survivors out from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 15,000 individuals in Turkey and Syria (AFP picture)

    By India Today Web Desk: The seek for survivors of the earthquake that knocked down hundreds of buildings in Turkey and Syria has entered a essential part. Rescuers are racing towards time to achieve southeastern Turkey’s Hatay province, which was particularly hard-hit by the highly effective temblor.

    The roads from Adana and Marsah to Hatay are full of an infinite stream of automobiles dashing to achieve the devastated areas, reported India Today TV’s Senior Executive Editor Gaurav Sawant from floor zero. Watch:

    Aid employees are headed to the cities, together with truck a great deal of reduction materials, meals, tools and different provides to help earthquake survivors and the households of victims. But the journey to the quake-hit area is much from a straightforward one.

    Follow LIVE Updates on the Turkey-Syria earthquake

    Besides large site visitors jams, there isn’t any place to remain the evening and sleep on the highway to Hatay. The solely option to discover shelter is to rent a car and reside inside it, or to stay out within the open in frigid temperatures. Watch how the India Today group is making its option to Hatay:

    The India Today group left for Hatay with a humanitarian reduction convoy earlier than the morning time. At one time limit, they, too, needed to spend the evening out within the open. “In some areas, roads are also damaged. That is when you have to rely on getting to the worst-impacted areas on foot,” mentioned Gaurav Sawant.

    Roads are the one means out and in of Hatay now, because the magnitude 7.8 quake that devastated Turkey and northern Syria additionally destroyed the runway in Hatay’s airport, disrupting the deployment of rescue groups and important provides.

    READ: Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Scores of individuals making lengthy journeys to seek out household, associates | Ground Report

    On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Hatay province, the place greater than 3,300 individuals died and whole neighbourhoods had been razed to the bottom. Residents there have accused the federal government of being sluggish to ship assist.

    Erdogan acknowledged “shortcomings” within the response however mentioned the climate had been an element.

    As the toll from Monday’s earthquake topped 15,000, crews from no less than 24 international locations, together with India, have joined within the rescue operation. Aid teams together with the International Committee of the Red Cross are sending help, together with medical tools, meals, blankets, mattresses and different important gadgets.

    Edited By:

    Devika Bhattacharya

    Published On:

    Feb 9, 2023