![]() ![]() Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority officialĪccording to a Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority official, it was “not an aftershock” and was “independent” of the previous quake. According to the BBC, a second earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 was triggered 12 hours later, with its epicenter in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras province. The first quake, according to seismologists, was one of the largest ever recorded in the country. The earthquake on Monday was Turkey’s worst disaster in decades, according to the country’s president. The tarmac was split in two, forcing all flights to be canceled. On social media, a video of the destroyed runway was shared. The only runway at the airport in Turkey’s Hatay province has also been shattered and rendered completely inoperable. The 7.8 magnitude quake was followed by dozens of aftershocks that destroyed entire sections of major Turkish cities in the region, which was home to millions of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war and other conflicts. ![]()
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