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Jesus, they can't get a break. My heart goes out to them.
Brutal. I am very worried to hear what the actual victim number is going to end up at. >

It will probably be around 50-60k. Almost 5000 buildings got destroyed. >

That is lowballing it >

Yes, I want the loss to be less than what I expect. 
Most of the destroyed buildings are 10-15 story buildings. Assuming there are 4 flats on each floor, you get 4 times the number that I say. >

People who haven't visited Europe and Asia don't know just how big and dense some of these areas are.
You think New York is large, sure 9 million is a lot of people.
Istanbul is what, 15 million? It's staggering to think about. >

That’s New York City proper, the New York City metro is 20 million plus. The US doesn’t have as many areas as densely populated as Europe and the Middle East but it does have some. >

That's valid, I am not too too familiar with how the areas are designated just some big numbers of how many live there.
TIL, thank you! >

People are freezing to death under the rubble. Those who were rescued by other citizens die on the streets due to the lack of medical personnel. Two cities are razed to the ground and our sultan still hasn't deployed the army to help us. >

Holy shit, he hasn't deployed any services?!? >

Services have been deployed afaik, the guy is complaining that the army specifically has not gotten involved yet. >

There was urgent need for the military to help with the rescue operations but it's too late now. Search and rescue teams are reporting corpses with no injuries at all, all dead from hypothermia. That bastard let people freeze to death and did nothing. He will pay. >

Narrator: He didn't pay and won the next election. >


election

"Election" >

No, just election. You underestimate how many people support him. Media and propaganda are powerful tools. >

Does İmamoğlu not stand a chance? I know Erdoğan is crooked as fuck, but I thought the opinion polls were quite favourable for İmamoğlu >

We are cursed with a terrible opposition so they decided the opposition leader who is losing on the polls should be the nominee instead >

That happens when you allow your leader to put his only true opposition to prison. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 82%. (I'm a bot)


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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's Golbasi town located in the Central Anatolia region of Ankara Province, reported the United States Geological Survey.
"M 5.5 - 9 km ESE of Golbasi, Turkey at 8:43 am. Location:37.765°N 37.743°E and Depth:10.0 km," reported USGS. At least 100 aftershocks measuring 4.0 or greater have occurred since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday morning local time.


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Is this an aftershock or a separate quake? >


At least 100 aftershocks measuring 4.0 or greater have occurred since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday morning local time.
As the time from the original earthquake extends, the frequency and magnitude of the aftershocks tend to decrease. However, 5.0 to 6.0-plus aftershocks are still likely to occur and bring a risk of additional damage to structures that are compromised from the original earthquake
The aftershocks stretch for more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) along the fault zone that ruptured in southern Turkey, oriented from southwest to northeast and stretching from the border with Syria up through the province of Malatya.
More than 4,372 people have been killed and thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria early Monday, according to officials and agencies.
Thousands of buildings collapsed in both countries and aid agencies are particularly worried about north-western Syria, where more than 4 million people were already relying on humanitarian assistance. >

One quake is devastating enough, this is literal nightmare fuel. >

This is what happens as it settles though  theres a video of all the shocks around the fukushima earthquake.
I live in sapporo and 4? Years ago we had a decent sized one. It hit around 4am and fuckjng everything came off the shelves. By the time 24 hours had passed we had had around 25 earthquakes, though the rest were pretty small. Over the next 3 months we must have had around 2 or 3 per day. >

Yep, similar thing happened with the 7 something earthquake in Anchorage AK a few years ago. Small aftershocks daily for months. At least the magnitudes diminish over time >

What's also important is the depth & epicenter. While magnitude matters it is hard to compare earthquakes even with same magnitude to each other for this reason.
At the end of the day what matters is how much damage it causes, i hope you were all safe over there and no lives were lost. :( >

Thanks for the concern. After the 1964 earthquake everything was built to withstand earthquakes. We pretty much just suffered minor structural damage with a few injuries. >

Jesus. I feel so bad for them. >

That’s not good. >

Why isn't there a live thread for Turkey?? >

Not enough info coming out probably