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Still, with all the damage already done, it was rough to hear there was another quake that strong. Glad it wasn't at night, but damn.
WHO estimates death toll could rise up to 20,000 people in Turkey & Syria. >

Risklayer, a catastrophe risk firm, is estimating the death toll at around 30,000 based on the known damage. >

It was before second earthquake afaik >

After according to their Twitter. >

Current number of collapsed buildings is 5606 in Turkey alone...
This is about as grim a disaster situation as it gets... 
The word out of Syria is just as bad it seems and the weather is hovering right around freezing. 
Help can't arrive quickly enough for many of those currently stuck. >


Current number of collapsed buildings is 5606 in Turkey alone

If even half of those collapsed buildings were residential properties then that could be a devastatingly high casualty number. >

Yup... considering 4:17 am is the dead of night for even night owls, this is looking like a worst case scenario. My heart is broken for the whole region. The lucky ones got killed instantly. >

Around 13:15-13:30.