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They will need donations, please consider donating to red cross. I was there in 1999 when they had a 7.6 (I think) earthquake. The damage and death count was devastating. Embassies and consulates were sending staff around the country asking travellers to contact home because cell phones weren't common and the fear and enquiries from families around the world was overwhelming. In two weeks the death toll went from hundreds to 17k+  truly awful.
I live in Turkey and goverment announced 4th degree alarm or whatever it is i'm still in shock. >

Are you in an area heavily affected? >

We also got effected but there is no collapsing happened,  it was so bad. My mom also lived the 1999 earthquake but she said it was more scary. The near cities and above of us are heavily effected and so many collapsing happened, with deats and injured people. >

Be careful and extremely aware of your surroundings. A lot of structural damage can be subtle until it becomes very much not. Any new cracks in the wall, or widening of preexisting ones; any plumbing changes. Boil water for a while if you can, bleach if you can’t. 
Source: former Californian.
Be safe, my friend.
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In many developing countries, the standard dose for using bleach to treat water is 2 mg/L for water that appears clear and 4 mg/L for water that is slightly cloudy, Lantagne says. She is a former CDC employee who has worked on safe drinking water issues in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. >

It happened again we are outside >

Stay away from any buildings if you're outside during aftershocks. Quite a few people are injured by falling building façades. >

As far as you can from buildings without placing yourself in other potentially dangerous areas, like hills or near water’s edges. >

As far as I can tell, Turkey hasn't had an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 or greater since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, which left 33 thousand dead, and hit a part of the country less populated than Gaziantep, Osmaniye, and Kahramanmaraş (on a map, 100 km N of Aleppo, Syria).
This will be a grave tragedy.
Date & TIme (UTC)     Lat    Lon    Mag  Depth (km)
06-FEB-2023 02:23:14  37.20  36.97  5.2  11
06-FEB-2023 02:17:40  37.08  36.69  4.8  10
06-FEB-2023 01:58:23  37.10  36.61  5.1  10
06-FEB-2023 01:36:28  37.02  36.74  5.6  10
06-FEB-2023 01:28:13  37.13  37.19  6.7  12
06-FEB-2023 01:17:35  37.17  37.03  7.8  18

Edit: Aforementioned from the iris.edu earthquake monitor. The USGS page devoted to the 7.8 quake is here. 
An estimated 668 thousand exposed to ground shaking in the Mercalli Intensity value of VIII - Severe:

VIII - Severe - Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable damage in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture overturned. >

This is a huge earthquake especially when you consider how shallow it was (15 mi or so down). EQ’s on the continent like Turkey (not out in the ocean) are usually much more damaging considering the differences in the geology. They also had a Mag. 6.7 aftershock which is at 6 miles depth. That could be quite a bit more destructive even than the first one. Turkey has a history of particularly destructive earthquakes too. I hope everyone is ok. >

They just got hit by a second earthquake, 7.7 😥 >

Two catastrophes in a row, basically. This is awful. >

It happened 1 hour ago I felt it in Beirut, Lebanon the whole house was shaking >

I had to figure out how far you were from the quake so I could imagine this in my area.
For anyone reading in the Twin Cities, MN, this would equate to us feeling a quake that centered in the Wisconsin Dells. >

Can you do the east coast? >

Find a place about 218 miles from you. >

ty this was much more helpful than two random US cities >

This comment really made me laugh lol. No one outside of like four states in the Midwest US know what the hell the Wisconsin Dells are, let alone their proximity to Minneapolis. >

I don’t even know what “Dells” are. >

Dells are a geographic feature, deep gorges cut by water erosion into the side of a hill. Wisconsin's dells became a tourist attraction and like 100 indoor waterparks were built up around them for some reason >

Damn some of the videos coming out are insane. Damage looks to be pretty significant across the region some videos of people stuck in the rubble too. Scary situation 😟 >

That's some serious kinetic energy. I experienced a 7.4 earthquake (Oaxaca '99) and it left me shook for days. I'll never forget the terror I felt when, hearing a heavy freight train rising beneath the ground and coming closer and closer, I realized there was no underground train. There was only the earth itself trembling with all its might. >

I was next to LAX during the Northridge quake in 1994. That was a 6.7, but produced some localized lateral forces of over 1g--it nearly tossed me out of bed. 7.9 is over 100 times the magnitude. It also hit at 4ish am there. My heart goes out to the people in that area. >

I'm going to take the pictures off the wall above my bed. >

California native here. I’ve never had anything on the wall above my bed in my whole life except the occasional fabric tapestry. I recommend soft art that won’t hurt you if it falls off onto you. 
I also recommend keeping an old pair of comfortable, protective shoes under your bed just for earthquakes. That way, you can quickly put on shoes and not cut your feet on broken glass or debris. >

Feb 6 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central Turkey on early Monday at a depth of 10 km, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) pegged the quake at 7.4 near the southern city of Kahramanmaras.
There was damage to buildings and people were gathered out on snowy streets, according to images on state broadcaster TRT.
The earthquake lasted about a minute and shattered windows, according to a Reuters witness.
The area is regularly hit by strong earthquakes >

It lasted for 40 seconds, that’s long for an earthquake >

Not really. The earthquake in Japan in 2011 was 6 minutes >

you’re comparing this to the extreme. the average eq lasts 10-30 seconds >

I live about 200 km away from the center on the mediterranean coast of turkey in Mersin, it was felt very strongly here and the entire apartment was shaking like crazy i thought i was gonna die right there. If it was this strong 200 km away i cant even imagine how hard it mustve hit in the center >

It seems to have destroyed multiple buildings in cities that are about 150 miles away. There are videos coming out closer to the center where half the buildings are in rubbles. It's depressing to see. >

Damn, only 10km deep too. This is very bad. >

Holy crap, I had just left Istanbul yesterday and was in Cappadocia which is closer to the epicenter a few days earlier. 
It's an amazing country with incredible history, natural formations, and food. They've already been struggling mightily because of inflation so hope they can recover here. >

This is terrible. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China was 8.0, nearly 100,000 death. They need all the help they can get the next few weeks. >

My mom contacted their relatives who live in Malatya and Adıyaman and luckily they are fine. 
Prayers to all who affected from the earthquake. >

in Malatya 130 buildings collapsed, this is crazy :| glad your family members are ok! >

Yes, I have seen horrible news. I wish I could do something. >

Yikes. Are there a lot of major cities in that region? >

There's a city of about 2 million people about 20 miles away >

Seems to be similar to 1988 Armenia earthquake, which had lower magnitude (6,8-7,2), so you can look up the scale of devastation from that one, it's well documented. If you've watched HBO's Chernobyl, Boris Shcherbina is the one who was the head of resque operation in Armenia, he has asked for international help with the resque.
25 thousdand died, half a million lost their homes and whole of Soviet Union was helping with resque and rebuilding. >

This is so sad. I can understand how the people in Turkey are feeling right now. As a chilean, I know how dangerous and destructive EQs can be. In any case, Turkey, as a goverment, should rise their standard for their buildings. I read that more than 1000 building fell or were extremely damaged.
Earthquakes and Natural disasters in general can't be prevented, but we can work to mitigate the possible damage by preparing for them. A lot of lives could have been saved. >

Oh man I went through a 7.8 and I know that terror. My heart hurts for those people. >

This is one of the big ones, massive area even people in cities like Ankara and Bursa felt it. No doubt allt of people will be affected by this, my prayers go out and I'm hoping our government sends help immediately >

Don't know if anyone in turkey is going to see this but be very careful of any buildings cleared by engineers, over here in Christchurch we had a lot of buildings cleared for re entry during the first earthquake. But they came down in the 2nd earthquake because they weren't actually safe to re enter and should've been torn down.
Also if you can try get some dust masks, we had asbestos floating around with all the dust in the air.