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30 Oct 2020, 8:19 am

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13064479/ ... buildings/



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30 Oct 2020, 8:29 am

Turkey gets way too many earthquakes. I remember like 10-15 years ago, a earthquake there killed 10's of thousands of people.

Izmir is a prominent tourist city. This is like a double whammy for them----this, in addition to COVID.

But people tend to be resilient. They will rebuild.



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30 Oct 2020, 8:34 am

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Turkish officials said there were no reports of casualties so far but six buildings had collapsed in Izmir city.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54749509


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30 Oct 2020, 8:36 am

a 7 earthquake is a major earthquake.

The Haitian earthquake of 2010 was about a 7 on the Richter scale.



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31 Oct 2020, 9:12 am

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The death toll from the quake, which also struck the Greek island of Samos, has risen to 28, with over 800 injured.
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Some 100 survivors have been pulled out alive from the rubble so far, Turkey's Environment and Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum told reporters.

Mr Soyer said about another 180 remained trapped.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54759443


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31 Oct 2020, 9:20 am

Turkey is welcome to the club.

Yemen and Syria both a civil wars...on top of Covid.

So Turkey is welcome to the Middle East double disaster club too!