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Eastern Turkey quake mag 7.3...

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    Weylin
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    7.2 quake causes damage, casualties in Turkey
    By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press – 1 hour ago
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing some buildings and causing a number of deaths, officials said. At least 50 people were injured.
    The temblor struck eastern Van province at 1:41 p.m. (1041 GMT; 6:41 a.m. EDT), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It caused widespread panic throughout the province as well as neighboring cities.
    "The quake was strongly felt in Van and neighboring towns, and caused damage and deaths based on initial assessments," the prime minister's office said.
    The earthquake toppled some buildings in downtown Van as well as the neighboring town of Ercis, officials said. Several strong aftershocks also were reported.
    "There are so many dead. Several buildings have collapsed. There is too much destruction," Zulfikar Arapoglu, the mayor of Ercis, told NTV television. "We need urgent aid. We need medics."
    NTV also said Van's airport was damaged and planes were being diverted to neighboring cities.
    Terrified residents spilled into the streets in panic as rescue workers and residents using their bare hands and shovels struggled to evacuate people believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings, television footage showed.
    In Van, at least two buildings collapsed, Bekir Kaya, the mayor of Van town, told NTV. One of them was a seven-story building, according to Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency.
    At least 50 people were treated for injuries in the courtyard of the state hospital in Van, said the state-run Anatolia news agency.
    "The telephone system is jammed due to panic, and we can't assess the entire damage immediately," Kaya said.
    Several Cabinet ministers headed to the area as authorities mobilized rescue teams across the country.
    The USGS originally gave the magnitude as 7.3 but later corrected it to 7.2. It said the quake had a depth of 20 kilometers (12.4 miles), which is relatively shallow and could potentially cause more damage.
    Turkey's Kandilli observatory gave the quake a preliminary magnitude of 6.6, but put its depth at 5 kilometers (3 miles). Several aftershocks as strong as magnitude 5.5 followed, the observatory said.
    The quake's epicenter was in the village of Tabanli in eastern Van province, bordering Iran. But it was felt in several provinces across the area.
    Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which is crossed by fault lines.
    In 1999, about 18,000 people were killed by two powerful earthquakes that struck northwestern Turkey. Authorities had blamed shoddy construction for many of the deaths.
    Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


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    riffmongous
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    Would eathquake discussions not be better suited to the enviromental science section maybe? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1404

    Just suggesting it, I dont think many people know about the forum.


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    They are saying up to 1000 people could be dead.

    http://wireupdate.com/news/update-4-up-to-1000-feared-dead-after-powerful-quake-devastates-eastern-turkey.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/10/20111023112825389490.html


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    Doirtybirdy
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Would earthquake discussions not be better suited to the enviromental science section maybe? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1404

    Just suggesting it, I dont think many people know about the forum.
    it would make more sense alright.

    What has an earthquake to do with weather? Nothing.


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    Weylin
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭Weylin


    http://youtu.be/rRWKOFnBB-g
    quake tremor!!


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    Weylin
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    Turkish scientists have predicted up to 1000 people could have died in a 7.2-magnitude quake
    • From: AP
    • October 24, 2011 6:58AM
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    People rescue two women trapped under debris in Van, eastern Turkey, after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake. Source: AP


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    they had another strong after shock 6.0, God help them.

    http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/23/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-eastern-turkey/


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    Weylin
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭Weylin


    turkey-earthquake.jpg

    October 25, 2011 – TURKEY – In a dramatic rescue that gave hope to those praying for the survival of their loved ones, rescuers in eastern Turkey pulled a baby, her mother and her grandmother alive from the rubble Tuesday, two days after a devastating earthquake. Dramatic video showed tiny Azra Karaduman being carried by rescuers to a vehicle that would take her to the hospital. They were holding a mask over her mouth to help give her oxygen. Later, rescuers pulled the girl’s mother and paternal grandmother alive from the rubble as well. Officials said the 2-week-old girl’s father remained trapped somewhere under the debris of the multiple-story building. Over several hours, four corpses were pulled from the rubble of the same building, officials said. At least one of them was male. Officials did not say immediately whether one of the bodies was the baby’s father. The official death toll jumped to 459 Tuesday, with another 1,352 people injured, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Relief Agency said. Teams of rescuers throughout the poor region struck by Sunday’s 7.2 -magnitude quake are searching for survivors around the clock. Reaching Azra — who, according to her maternal grandmother, was born three weeks prematurely — was particularly difficult, rescuers told CNN. The baby’s mother managed to make contact with rescuers and get the baby to them through a narrow passage, a rescuer said. Officials had to find a rescuer thin enough to fit into the crevice to get Azra. The rescuer told CNN it was the first time he had ever pulled someone alive from earthquake rubble in 12 years of doing such work. -CNN


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