Earthquakes

Hope is fading for finding survivors after Monday's devastating earthquake. But widely shared footage of volunteers pulling people alive from rubble in ...

Local authorities say 11,000 families in the rebel-held part of Syria are now homeless after the quake. Rescue efforts in northwestern Syria continue as untold numbers of people remain trapped under the rubble. "Rescue efforts are being carried out by poorly equipped civil defense groups and civilians are trying to help," Kelliah said. Hospitals struggle with power outages and fuel shortages. Volunteers and civil defense groups — themselves earthquake survivors — pull a boy out from the rubble alive in rebel-held northwestern Syria. The area is home to some 4 million people displaced by the decade-long Syrian civil war. [U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs](https://reports.unocha.org/en/country/syria/) said in a report. Even before the earthquake, the area was devastated by bombs and poverty. Aid was often hampered by politics and the Syrian government. He said countless buildings there have collapsed. Aftershocks have made buildings still standing unlivable. [went viral](https://twitter.com/molhamteam/status/1622991417193771008) showing volunteer rescuers in a different part of the rebel-held territory saving a family — two girls, a boy and their father — from under the rubble some 40 hours after the quake.

Ozge Ovun-Sert evacuated her home in a 1999 Turkish earthquake - now she's raising cash for the latest tragedy.

The group has deployed several teams to offer front-line medical assistance in Turkey and to coordinate with partners in Syria. But the community has been quick to mobilise, she said. Thousands of buildings have been reduced to rubble and survivors were still being pulled from the wreckage more than 48 hours after the disaster. "We've been all emotionally tired for the past 11 years," she said. This is ugly." "But then I'm telling myself 'Hey, focus on what you can do from here, because those people need this.'"

News and Press Release in English on Syrian Arab Republic and 1 other country about Food and Nutrition, Health, Earthquake and more; published on 9 Feb 2023 ...

We began our operations in 1979 in Pakistan, assisting Afghan refugees fleeing the war. While we are actively cooperating with agencies in Turkey, assessments indicate that the largest humanitarian needs are in Syria, specifically in Idlib, Aleppo, and Jandairis. Priority is given to people whose homes have been damaged and mothers and children whose lives have been shattered. To date, we have raised more than $500,000. HCI’s team based in Gaziantep has immediately mobilised to evaluate the conditions on the ground and assess the dire needs faced by families. Although the nearest impacted major city is Gaziantep, Turkey, the impact of the devastation is being felt most by the nearly 4.1 million IDPs and refugees in Syria who depend on daily humanitarian aid

As recently as last November, civil engineers in Turkey raised warnings that the country's infrastructure was incapable of handling a large earthquake.

Irfanoglu also cites Chile as a model for building strategies that have held up in the face of earthquakes: “There is an undeniable field of evidence of what works.” He says that in 1997, Turkey passed a code that required buildings to be constructed using ductile concrete, a material that is more flexible in the event of an earthquake, but estimates that only one in 10 buildings in the country meets the standard, as old buildings are often reused rather than razed down to meet new standards. “The construction industry is a big source of money,” explains Tüzün. “Once you experience an earthquake or a disaster of any scale, you become a lot more sensitive.” Irfanoglu says that as the region recovers, this experience might make towns more aware of the importance of proper building practices. When the area experienced a 5.9 earthquake in 2022, it saw significantly less damage. Turkey has the highest regional disparities in GDP among 29 OECD countries, according to a “It costs on average 10-15% of the replacement cost,” says Miyamoto. In each of these three pillars of safe construction, it is known that there are serious problems both legally and in practice.” The plan involved designating hundreds of urban spaces as evacuation points in case of emergency. The government also pledged new construction standards and a plan to strengthen existing buildings. As recently as last November, civil engineers raised warnings that the country’s infrastructure was incapable of handling a large earthquake.

The earthquakes in Turkey are likely to have geopolitical and economic spillover effects including those on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and Europe's ...

Since the Ukraine crisis began, discussions have been held on the construction of gas pipelines passing through Turkey reaching Europe. He noted that the disaster will present a test to the Erdogan administration's governance capability. The disaster has so far resulted in over 12,000 deaths and about 63,000 injuries.

The sight of newly constructed apartments collapsing in the earthquakes that hit Turkey has sparked anger. The BBC examined three new buildings, turned to ...

These have been passed since the 1960s (with the latest in 2018). Damage assessment studies are continuing rapidly in the field." Responding to the BBC, Mr Altas said: "Among the hundreds of buildings I have built in Hatay [the southern province which has Antakya as its capital]. "We painfully witness how some media organisations are changing perception and picking scapegoats under the guise of reporting," he said. That means it should also have been built to the latest standards. Photographs show that another recently built apartment block in the port city of Iskenderun was largely destroyed. Columns and beams must be distributed to effectively absorb the impact of earthquakes. While the original advert is no longer available online, screenshots and videos of it circulating on social media match similar adverts by the same company. have collapsed." The BBC examined three new buildings, turned to rubble, to find out what they reveal about building safety. He adds that the earthquake was of such a vast scale that almost no buildings in the city survived intact. The BBC matched the image of the collapsed building to a publicity photo published by the construction company, which shows that it was completed in 2019.

Karasözen is an earthquake geologist who lives in Colorado, but she grew up in the Turkish capital of Ankara, and she's studied the earthquakes in her home ...

Steckler is worried about a major quake in densely populated [Bangladesh](https://phys.org/news/2016-07-giant-quake-lurk-bangladesh.html). In 2020, Karasözen and a team of scientists published a He noted that in Tohoku, Japan, there was a baseline expectation of a 7.0- to 7.5-magnitude earthquake, but in 2011 a deadly 9.0-magnitude quake caused a tsunami and widespread devastation. But the type of damage (floors piled up on each other) should not have taken place.” For years, scientists have been predicting the “Big One” somewhere along the San Andreas fault in California. “We spend a lot of time thinking about those places, because that patch seems locked, loaded and ready to go. This is the map of earthquake hazard in Türkiye, produced in 2018 by the national agency AFAD. A particular fault can easily wait many generations and do absolutely nothing — and in matter of seconds to minutes, all hell breaks loose,” said Harold Tobin, a seismologist at the University of Washington. It shows that the two distinct fault zones for both the M7.8 and the M7.5 were both identified as high hazard. She instantly knew that a [ 7.8-magnitude quake](https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/02/06/turkey-earthquake-magnitude/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) meant devastation. These concerns are especially true in so-called “seismic gaps,” segments of known fault zones that haven’t ruptured in an unusually long time — long enough that people may have let their guard down. [massive earthquake](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/06/turkey-syria-earthquake/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) in southeastern Turkey, she burst into tears.

Whose 'fault' is it when an earthquake happens? The surface of the Earth is made of kilometres of hard rock broken into a puzzle of moving pieces called ...

Judith Hubbard is a visiting assistant professor at the Cornell Earth and Atmospheric Sciences school, and she studies faults around the world. The next step, Bruneau said, is “the idea of seismic resilience” – buildings that recover. SEESL’s Michel Bruneau said: “It is possible to build structures that can survive this,” referring to a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Soil matching and radiocarbon dating of the area fall within the field of paleoseismology, mapping ancient events that inform future ones. ”We can make calculations about places that are more or less likely to have earthquakes as a result of [another],” said Wright. “We have to put a stethoscope” on the Earth, said Harold Tobin, professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Washington, “to determine what’s happening down there. Engineers can design failure points into the structure by moving them away from the columns that hold the building up and placing them in less critical areas. He is waiting for InSAR data from a European satellite that will make its first pass over southern Turkey since a series of high-magnitude earthquakes hit on February 6. Scientists are asked all the time whether it is possible to predict an earthquake. Scientists use seismographs, which used to be wiggling needles that record the ground’s shakes, but now the equipment is all digital. There is a global network of these, as well as local and regional networks, and much of the data is open-source and automatically connected. Did you know that there are hundreds of earthquakes every single day, not always strong enough for us to notice them?

Earthquakes kill thousands across Syria and Turkey, five dead in an Israeli raid on Jericho, and a woman's killing leads to outrage in Iraq.

[Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen](/news/2023/2/7/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-teenager-in-nablus-west-bank-raid?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Middle%20East%20922023&utm_medium=email) in Nablus raid [UK High Court rules against Bahrain in spyware case](/news/2023/2/8/uk-high-court-rules-against-bahrain-in-spyware-case?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Middle%20East%20922023&utm_medium=email) [popular YouTuber](/news/2023/2/4/iraqis-outraged-after-father-kills-youtube-star-daughter?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Middle%20East%20922023&utm_medium=email) killed by her father, the Ministry of the Interior in Iraq announced on Friday. [witnessed people still shocked](/news/2023/2/8/israel-forces-leaves-aqabet-jaber-refugee-camp-grief-stricken?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Middle%20East%20922023&utm_medium=email) by what they said was the use of excessive force by the Israelis. [[WATCH: Videos reveal extent of Turkey, Syria earthquake devastation]](/news/2023/2/7/videos-reveal-turkey-syria-earthquake-devastation?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Middle%20East%20922023&utm_medium=email) The [sheer size of the area affected](/news/2023/2/8/infographic-how-big-were-the-earthquakes-in-turkey-syria?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Middle%20East%20922023&utm_medium=email), with cities hundreds of kilometres apart, reveals the power of what were two of the largest earthquakes by magnitude in the 21st century.

These are the older brick buildings that exist almost everywhere that were built before we had modern building codes. This is true of bridges built before 1971, ...

Unfortunately, that window is closing very rapidly in Turkey and Syria. It also means that you should be able to safely evacuate, but might not ever be able to re-enter the building due to structural damages to the facility. These are the older brick buildings that exist almost everywhere that were built before we had modern building codes. Someday, here in the USA we will have scenes like those cascading across our TV sets. That means they should not pancake like those we’ve seen of late in Turkey. That is a tough question to answer, not having the details on those other two countries.

Fault line broken in Türkiye is nearly 350 km long, covering very large area, says Lebanese scientist - Anadolu Agency.

On an alleged tsunami threat to Türkiye and neighboring countries, he said: "In order for a post-earthquake tsunami to occur in the region, the earthquake’s base must be on the coast. [Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. "The fault line that broke in Türkiye is nearly 350 kilometers (217.5 miles) long. I’m talking about the eastern part of the fault line. "There is no activity in almost half of the fault line. It’s unpredictable when there will be activity in this part.

British humanitarian charities are to launch an appeal to raise funds for people affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

A lot of people are sleeping in cars because they are scared to go back into the buildings due to aftershocks. The cars are freezing cold.” “When disasters like these terrible earthquakes strike, we know the British people want to help,” he said. There is a lot of screaming, people are trying to find relatives. The next priority is supporting people who have lost their homes and gone through huge trauma. “That is why we are match-funding public donations to DEC’s appeal to provide urgent humanitarian assistance, as part of a wider package of support from the UK that will be used to provide lifesaving interventions to those who need it most in the region.”

The 7.8 magnitude tremor - and subsequent powerful aftershocks - wrought mass destruction across several cities, downing 4,700 buildings. As rescuers race ...

Intrepid Travel has launched an emergency appeal and committed £58,000 (€65,000) to the rescue efforts. The appeal raised AU $45,000 (€29,200) within just 24 hours, and has since more than doubled to €67,000. Private individuals are using the web to chip in. Gaziantep Oğuzeli International Airport (GZT) has closed to all civilian flights, but continues to service rescue flights. [airports](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/06/22/these-european-airports-have-the-cheapest-7-day-parking-rates) have closed. Airlines have started offering free evacuation flights for survivors of Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey. Travel to these cities and areas like the Aegean coast is operating as normal. As rescuers race against the clock to save survivors from the rubble, travellers have been advised to stay away. Adana Sakirpasa Airport (ADA) and Hatay Airport (HTY) have shut after runway damage. Here’s everything you need to know. [Istanbul](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/08/03/istanbul-is-a-top-holiday-spot-for-summer-2022-with-hair-transplants-a-major-driver) - are in the west of the country, hundreds of kilometres away. [Turkey](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/10/12/turkey-is-open-for-european-travellers-here-are-the-five-best-things-to-do) and [Syria](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/06/22/we-yearn-for-people-to-return-syrian-desert-monastery-reopens-after-a-decade-of-war) on Monday.

The death toll across both countries has now surpassed the more than 17,000 killed in 1999 when a similarly powerful quake hit northwest Türkiye. A Turkish ...

In Syria, people were killed as far south as Hama, 250km from the epicentre. The boy, wearing a blue, white and black striped sweater, cried as he was gently lifted from the hole where he had been trapped. Others had set up on the grass median of a main road, heating instant soup on fires and wrapping themselves in blankets. In the devastated Syrian town of Jandaris, Ibrahim Khalil Menkaween walked in the rubble-strewn streets clutching a white body bag. The confirmed death toll in Türkiye rose to 16,546 on Thursday, Erdogan said. But hopes were fading that many more would be found alive in the ruins of towns and cities.

We extend the heartfelt sympathies of the entire University of Utah community to all those who are suffering in the wake of Monday's powerful earthquakes in ...

[womenscenter.utah.edu](https://womenscenter.utah.edu/) [safeut.org](https://safeut.org/) Contact outside of chat hours [here](https://basicneeds.utah.edu/contact-form.php) [healthcare.utah.edu/hmhi](https://healthcare.utah.edu/hmhi/programs/crisis-diversion/#:~:text=For%20help%2C%20call%20the%20Utah,emotional%20situation%20or%20life%20stressor.) [Virtual chat](https://basicneeds.utah.edu/bnc-chat.php)available 10 a.m.-12 p.m. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) [basicneeds.utah.edu](https://basicneeds.utah.edu/) [counselingcenter.utah.edu](https://counselingcenter.utah.edu/) [wellness.utah.edu](https://wellness.utah.edu/) Should you find yourself in need, the offices and organizations below are uniquely poised to care for our community in difficult times like these. We have contacted U students in the region and determined they are safe and unaffected. The impact of these quakes is still being tallied, but casualties are now in the thousands and expected to rise.

An appeal is being launched by the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by earthquakes that hit Turkey ...

A lot of people are sleeping in cars because they are scared to go back into the buildings due to aftershocks." The next priority is supporting people who have lost their homes and gone through huge trauma. There is a lot of screaming, people are trying to find relatives. Many people have lost homes, leaving them without shelter in freezing, winter conditions, the DEC says. Money raised will also provide blankets, warm clothes and heaters for safe spaces. Thousands of buildings have been destroyed in the disaster and responders have been searching the rubble for survivors.

The death toll from Monday's quakes in Turkey and Syria passed 20,000 on Thursday across both countries. Fearful of another earthquake, some chose to stay ...

It qualified as "major" on the official magnitude scale. Electricity and water were nonexistent in the southern city. Khan reported from London. "Where is the state? "I lived alone, in a one room house," she said. Let us do it, we can get them out," Sabiha Alinak told Reuters amid the rubble in the city of Malatya on Wednesday.

The majority of Syrian refugees live in southern Turkish cities near the Syrian border. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Assalah Shikhani, a Syrian refugees in ...

We don't know where we have to go. We don't know the news. I stayed in the car yesterday. With no hijab, with no shoes, just with pajamas, I was running and shouting with the names of my daughters "Where are you? I stayed two hours in the cold with my daughters. So I take all my daughters, and my brother's wife, his kids, my dad and my mom to the park. We don't know what happened. And then went back with my brother to get my two aunts, they are old, out of the building. I try to get my daughters out of the building. I have a five-year-old and a 14-year-old. I put my daughters under the table. She fled from the war in Syria 12 years ago and came to Turkey as a refugee.

Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Maureen Cornish, is urging people to donate what they can to help those who have lost everything in these disasters. Lord Mayor ...

“If you’re able to donate, please do. Full details can be found on the DEC website – “I am urging people to donate what they can to help with this international appeal to get help, support and aid to those areas affected and all those displaced by this disaster.”

Human rights groups criticised the timing, content of UN aid delivered to northwest Syria three days after the quakes.

The World Bank announced $1.78bn in aid to Turkey to help relief and recovery efforts. All kinds of teams and vehicles from across the country have been dispatched to the region,” he said. Currently, the Bab al-Hawa border crossing is the only viable route for UN aid. As rescue efforts continued, tens of thousands of survivors were evacuated from the worst-affected Turkish cities. The flow of humanitarian aid had been temporarily disrupted since the first predawn quake hit on Monday due to logistical issues and damage to the road connecting Gaziantep, Turkey to the UN transshipment hub in Hatay, Turkey. [ first delivery](/news/2023/2/9/un-aid-convoy-syria-turkey-earthquake) of six trucks of aid supplies from the United Nations crossed into northwest Syria on Thursday.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20000 people. Here are some of the world's deadliest ...

— Dec. — Jan. — Oct. — May 21, 2003: More than 2,200 people are killed in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Algeria. — Aug. Emergency crews are still searching for survivors but in some areas work is now underway to demolish unsteady buildings. — Sept. [triggers a tsunami](https://apnews.com/article/japan-accidents-tsunamis-earthquakes-42d4947609becd7f141e9524a8c98937), killing more than 18,400 people. [magnitude 7.5 earthquake](https://apnews.com/article/science-ap-top-news-earthquakes-international-news-tsunamis-e87a48958177401d9b36a5c9c45ba545) hits Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and killing more than 4,300 people. — Feb. [magnitude 7.2 earthquake](https://apnews.com/article/haiti-earthquake-98f06a322e12f732f94485238d13558c) kills more than 2,200 people. [magnitude 7.8 earthquake](https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/02/07/1155034696/earthquake-turkey-syria-photos) kills more than 20,000 people.

Two devastating earthquakes struck Southeast Türkiye and Northwest Syria on Monday, killing over 20,000 people. Rescue teams continue to conduct search-and- ...

The temperatures are in the single digits during the day, and below zero at night. Ports are closed and major roads are blocked or impassable. Thousands of buildings collapsed throughout the region.ii As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 8,000 people have been rescued by search and rescue teams in Türkiye. The inclement weather has also delayed aid workers from reaching affected areas, and many displaced citizens are without shelter. The airports in Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Malatya, and Adiyaman are only open to aircrafts carrying emergency aid and search and rescue personnel. Winter storms are compounding the challenges faced by rescuers and humanitarian organizations.

Millions of children across northwestern Syria remain urgently in need of food, shelter and warm clothes three days after a deadly earthquake.

“We hope everyone [will] continue to extend help to support the many families that are still out on the street, whether in Idlib or the surrounding towns. “We went to the mosque, and they moved us here [to the temporary shelter]. More efforts are needed to ensure that all children receive the assistance they desperately need.” From losing family members to homes, to no food or clean water, the ripple effects of this disaster have affected every single child,” said Kathryn Achilles, Advocacy, Media and Communications Director for Save the Children Syria. "We went outside, and the ground was shaking, and there was a crack in the kitchen’s ceiling, and we were so scared we left the house,” Noor said, who is now living in a temporary shelter. The response in the North West was boosted today by news of the first UN aid convoy crossing from Türkiye – but needs are vast and growing daily across affected areas.

In the aftermath of the earthquake, minimal aid is reaching north-west Syria, the most affected region in the country. European governments need to put ...

But while some European [governments](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-says-russia-must-pressure-syria-into-ensuring-quake-aid-arrives-2023-02-07/) are calling on Russia to ensure Damascus relaxes some of the political restrictions on aid entering the north-west of the country, there is little optimism for progress here. Even prior to the disaster, [90 per cent](https://reliefweb.int/report/turkiye/earthquake-turkiye-and-north-west-syria-flash-update-no-2-7-february-2023) of people across Syria were reported to be in need of assistance and [less than half](https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/2022-2023-syria-humanitarian-response-plan-funding-overview-12-december-2022) of the humanitarian response was funded. [earthquakes in Iran](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/1/1/us-eases-iran-sanctions) when aid and sanctions blockages were temporarily set aside. To secure a new agreement Russia would need to greenlight new crossing points in the UN Security Council. Prior to the disaster, Europe and its allies were sending humanitarian aid into north-west Syria across the border from Turkey. But while the West is already the largest aid donor in Syria and says it is willing to provide increased humanitarian support to address this crisis, Western leaders are unwilling to provide further assistance via Damascus due to fears that the regime will manipulate this aid for its purposes, rather than delivering it to the intended recipients. The US government has, for its part, already said it will channel aid via local NGOs instead of the government, but the capacity of these local actors is hugely insufficient. Still, wider damage to logistical and access infrastructure (such as local airports) across southern Turkey means sending any significant aid via Turkey will be immensely challenging for some time to come. While Russia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, and Iraq have sent some humanitarian support and rescue teams to government-held areas in Syria – where needs are also very real – no one is delivering meaningful amounts of aid to the north-west. On both the Turkish and Syrian side, many of those who will be most affected are Syrian refugees and the internally displaced. It was one of the deadliest incidents of this kind in a decade, with a death toll already surpassing [17,000](https://www.euronews.com/2023/02/09/turkey-syria-earthquakes-why-was-there-so-much-destruction). Those living in Syria urgently need humanitarian support, but three days after the earthquake minimal aid is trickling into the country, particularly into non-government controlled areas which find themselves completely isolated.

The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and western Syria on February 6, 2023, caused widespread destruction in both countries.

[PALSAR-2](https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS-2/en/about/palsar2.htm) on the [Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2](https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS-2/en/about/overview.htm) (ALOS-2) on February 8, 2023. Story by [Adam Voiland](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/about/adam-voiland). [disasters program area](https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/disasters) of NASA’s Earth Science Applied Sciences, as well as their national and international collaborators, are in the process of sharing the damage proxy map and the data used to generate it with organizations such as the U.S. [Joshua Stevens](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/about/joshua-stevens), using Landsat data from the [U.S. “In addition to mapping damage to the extent possible from satellites, we’re using satellites to track increased landslide risks, power outages, and weather that could pose challenges to response efforts.” As new data become available, the team is posting near real-time imagery and data products related to the earthquake on its [mapping portal](https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov/arcgis/apps/MinimalGallery/index.html?appid=cb116456d682456abc38b90d96a72713). “The map covers only the central part of the affected area due to the narrow, 70-kilometer swath of the ALOS-2 fine-beam data used, but it includes the epicenters of both the magnitude 7.8 main earthquake and the magnitude 7.5 aftershock,” said Fielding. Geological Survey](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov) and ALOS-2 data from the [Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/JAXA](https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/index_e.htm) and the [Earth Observatory of Singapore Remote Sensing Lab](https://earthobservatory.sg/research-group/eos-rs). Each pixel measures about 30 meters across (about the size of a baseball infield). Dark red pixels represent areas likely to have severe damage to buildings, homes, and infrastructure or changes to the landscape, while orange and yellow areas are moderately or partially damaged. The rupture length and magnitude was similar to the 1906 earthquake that destroyed San Francisco.” The first quake was followed by a 7.5 magnitude event about nine hours later, as well as hundreds of smaller aftershocks. [initial earthquake](https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/magnitude-78-earthquake-nurdagi-turkey) emanated from a fault 18 kilometers (11 miles) below the land surface.

As the death toll grows, charities across the US are raising funds to support earthquake victims in both countries.

[published a portal ](https://www.nyc.gov/site/helpnownyc/index.page)to connect those interested in donating to charities helping on the ground, including the International Red Cross, [Oxfam](https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/oxfam-mounting-response-to-massive-earthquake-in-turkey-and-syria/) and [Doctors Without Borders](https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/). [National Center for Disaster Fraud](https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud). [reported NBC New York](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/how-to-help-earthquake-victims-in-turkey-and-syria-in-the-tri-state/4092994/). [Experts say](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/07/1155087397/how-to-make-sure-your-donation-will-do-the-most-good-for-earthquake-survivors) that it is crucial to support local organizations that have a presence in affected areas or nonprofits that have established connections to local groups. [CharityWatch](https://www.charitywatch.org/) and [CharityNavigator](https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/) provide analysis on charities asking for donations, including what amount of donations go to operational costs versus providing direct relief. [reported NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/help-earthquake-victims-turkey-syria-rcna69484). [Syria](https://www.theguardian.com/world/syria), as well as blankets for displaced peoples. [collecting funds](https://www.sams-usa.net/sams-responds-to-devastating-7-8-earthquake-impacting-syria/) to support medical efforts in the area, with at least seven of its hospitals and medical facilities damaged due to the earthquake. [seeking donations](https://www.uossm.org/donate) to fund medical support in north-west Syria, particularly given the great need in the area. For those wanting to help in the wake of such deadly earthquakes, there are a number of ways to ensure that funds are going to the appropriate place. [Turkey](https://www.theguardian.com/world/turkey) and Syria passes 20,000 people, charities across the US are fundraising to support earthquake victims in both countries. [disaster response emergency fund](https://donation.ifrc.org/?campaign=3f5f91aa-e8da-e911-80e2-0050560100a8), which supports “immediate cash assistance” in affected areas, [reported the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/world/europe/helping-earthquake-victims-turkey-syria.html).

First UN aid trucks cross into northwestern Syria as pledges pour in for relief and recovery efforts in Turkey.

The assistance aims to help relief and recovery efforts following devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Türkiye that have already resulted in massive loss ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. This will identify priority areas for the country’s recovery and reconstruction as we prepare operations to support those needs." "We are providing immediate assistance and preparing a rapid assessment of the urgent and massive needs on the ground.

The death toll from earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria this week neared 16000 on Thursday as hopes faded of many people being found alive 72 hours ...

In Syria, people were killed as far south as Hama, 250 km from the epicentre. "At the moment there are very serious difficulties in holding an election on May 14," as had been planned, he said. [devastated Syrian town](/world/middle-east/syrian-quake-survivor-lives-makeshift-shelter-after-daughter-died-his-arms-2023-02-08/) of Jandaris, Ibrahim Khalil Menkaween walked in the rubble-strewn streets clutching a folded white body bag. Conversely, analysts say he could rally national support around the crisis response and strengthen his position. The death toll in Turkey jumped to 12,873 by Thursday morning. On the ground, many people in Turkey and Syria spent a third night sleeping outside or in cars in freezing winter temperatures, their homes destroyed or so shaken by the quakes they were too afraid to re-enter.

Monday's quakes were so large and shallow that they would substantially damage older buildings. However, the number of newly built yet devastated buildings ...

The government has started the so-called urban transformation project in Istanbul and is supporting the replacement of old buildings. Erdogan and his followers have been proud of how the government has spent its energy to change and seemingly create a modern-looking country. Turkey records similar scenes and tragedies after every major quake in the past two decades. The photos show how these asphalts were made in contravention of the government tenders. Endemic corruption is even worse in the municipalities responsible for checking and licensing newly built structures. The government wants every relief effort under its control and creates obstacles for political parties in the opposition. The suspicious July 15 coup attempt in 2016 served as a pretext, which he labeled “a gift from God,” to change the constitution and move Turkey to the darkness of a Middle Eastern-type presidential system. The late and uncoordinated response has killed many due to hypothermia in the cold weather. The amounts of steel and the types of concrete are inadequate. Turkey has declared a three-month state of emergency in the 10 worst-affected provinces. One of the significant quakes occurred in Golcuk and left more than 17,000 people dead in 1999, followed by another major quake that killed hundreds in 2011. The country has already recorded deadly earthquakes over the past decades in which the sudden collapse of multi-story buildings led to tremendous losses.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., (WCIA) — People are grieving and searching for survivors left in the rubble of Monday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey.

The event will be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 10 at Perry World House, Penn's foreign policy think tank.

[is also hosting](https://www.instagram.com/upennmec/) a solidarity and strategy meeting on Friday at 5 p.m. [AKUT](https://www.akut.org.tr/en), a search and rescue association in Turkey, and Syrian American Medical Society are the recipients of the donations contributed through the Penn students' fundraising efforts. "The people of Turkey and Syria now desperately need our help." 7, Penn Arab Student Society, [Fenjan: The Middle East Journal](https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/10/penn-fenjan-middle-east-journal-covid-politics), Penn Muslim Students Association, Penn Afghan Students Association, and Penn Students Against the Occupation announced that they were gathering donations that would go toward relief efforts "on the ground" in Turkey and Syria. It follows a pair of [earthquakes](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64540696) that struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. [magnitudes](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/08/how-big-was-turkey-syria-earthquake/) of 7.8 and 7.5 — struck the Middle East, there has been an international outpouring of support, including at Penn.