The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which hit northwestern Syria and southern Turkey on Monday, February 6, is over 600. Thousands more people were injured in the noise, and the rescue forces are passing through the hundreds of collapsed buildings in search of survivors. It is estimated that the final number of victims will be much higher. The USA and Israel – where the earthquake was also felt tonight – although without causing casualties or significant damage, announced that they were preparing to provide aid.
The earthquake happened on Monday at 3:17 a.m., and its epicenter was regarding 33 kilometers from the large city of Gaziantep in southern Turkey, regarding 90 kilometers from the Syrian border. The epicenter was not very deep, regarding 18 kilometers in the belly the land
It was one of the strongest earthquakes measured in the world in recent years, and the strongest in the Middle East and Turkey since 1939.
