Earthquake in Turkey and Syria Kills At Least 2,500 People

• Published date: 07 February 2023
• Publication title: Daily Mirror

More than 2,500 people have been killed as a result of two major earthquakes, and thousands more have been injured, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday morning local time. A second quake, which recorded a magnitude of 7.5, struck just 9 hours later.

According to the foreign news agencies, the initial earthquake struck the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, roughly 150 miles away from the Turkey-Syria border, at 4:17 a.m. local time at a depth of about 11 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The second earthquake, the epicenter of which was roughly 80 miles north of Gaziantep in...