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The strange sounds were heard by the residents of the village of Midandara from under the ground.. The Turkish state of Sired was not among the ten states declared by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as disaster areas
Since the devastating earthquake struck several regions in Turkey and Syria, on February 6, Signed more than 50 thousand dead, tens of thousands of dead and injured, leaving thousands of families homeless, and there is much talk about the possibility of predicting earthquakes, and whether there are any signs that could indicate the imminence of earthquakes in an area. There has also been some anecdotal analysis of animals and birds feeling such tremors before they occur.
However, what we are about to present now is something really confusing, and no one has explained it. It is a reminder of what It was published by Al-Arabiya.net on August 2, 2022citing Turkish media, where the people of a Turkish village complained of “mysterious sounds coming from under the ground.”
At the time, the authorities in Turkey conducted a field investigation against the background of complaints from residents about hearing voices coming from under the ground. According to the Turkish newspaper “Zaman”, Residents of Midandara village in Sired state said the sounds were frighteningThey demanded that its source be revealed.
Scenes from Syria after the earthquake – France Press
After the field examination, the city’s Emergency and Natural Disasters Department issued a statement, announcing that the cause of the voices heard by the residents of the area had not been identified, and that developments in the case would be followed up.
The head of the neighborhood, Najmuddin Baykara, submitted a request to the Department of Emergency and Natural Disasters, at the request of the villagers, who hear voices coming from the bottom of the earth and feel tremors that last for several seconds, about two weeks ago.
For his part, the director of the emergency and natural disasters unit in the city stated that he had conducted many field examinations, and added that the concerned authorities would be informed of the geological studies reports that would be prepared.
It is noteworthy that the Turkish state of Sired was not among the ten states announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for disaster areas, which included: Kahramanmaraş, Adana, Adiyaman, Osmania, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir and Gaziantep.
Yesterday, Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu announced the death toll The devastating earthquake that hit the south of the country on February 6 rose to 43,556, while the Syrian Observatory announced that the death toll from the earthquake in Syria had risen to approximately 6,750 people, which raises the number of victims of the devastating earthquake to more than 50,000 dead between the two countries.
The Anadolu Agency quoted the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority as saying that the country has suffered 7,242 aftershocks since that earthquake, 41 of which ranged between 5 and 6 degrees, and 450 aftershocks between 4 and 5 degrees.
After the violent earthquake on February 6, there was much talk about the safest Turkish city during an earthquake.
And the Turkish geophysical engineer, Ahmed Arjan, published through his Twitter account a list of the safest Turkish states in the event of earthquakes, as the list included the state of Sied, in which suspicious sounds were heard coming from underground.
Turkish geophysicist Ahmed Arjan
The list included, according to the Turkish geologist: Konya, Karaman, Artvin, Rize, Trabzon, Ordu, Girasun, Yozgat, Samsun, Sinop, Kastamonu, Partin, Kirklareli, Kirkcalli, Kırşehir, Aksaray, Nida, Mardin, Siard, Şırnak, Batman, Mersin, Antalya and Ardaha. According to what was quoted by the Turkish “Zaman”.
Arjan explained that the city of Ankara is within the scope of being affected by earthquakes, but it is a safe city.
Arjan added that the main cause of 75% of the collapses is due to the structural deficiencies in the buildings, and their inadequacy to face earthquakes.