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Another earthquake hits Turkey: people flee cities from raging elements

Date: March 29, 2024 Time: 04:06:36

After the second earthquake in Turkey, locals flee the ruined cities

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On the night of February 5, a strong earthquake struck eastern Turkey and Syria. The tremors reached a magnitude of more than 7 points.

Thousands of houses were destroyed, tens of thousands of people were left homeless. These are not tourist areas; so far there are no official reports about the dead Russians, but compatriots, eyewitnesses of the tragic events in Turkey, told about what is happening in the country now.

– We woke up at 4:30 in the morning from the fact that our bed was shaking, like on a train. The bed was shaking a lot. I thought her husband was moving her for some reason. And he himself is half asleep. We realized that the earthquake. We decided to go outside, there were a lot of people at the entrance. People were coming down from the apartments to avoid using the elevator. Someone ran in slippers with children in their arms wrapped in blankets, says Anastasia from Mersin (about 450 kilometers from the epicenter) to KP.RU.

According to the girl, a store and garages were damaged in her city, the magnitude of the earthquake was about 6 points:

– A huge mass of people gathered on the street and lit a fire to keep warm, someone even dragged old wooden chairs to burn them. We ran to the cafeteria for tea and scones. Luckily the only working cafe nearby. By car, people flew into the ditches on the go.

Now in your city “everything is in an uproar”, rescuers and police are working. In addition, literally an hour ago, already on February 6, tremors were felt again, again 6 points.

– It started at 4 am. The blows were strong and prolonged. It seemed like it lasted for about 2 minutes. After that, 3 distinct shock waves followed. As I live on the ground floor, the amplitude of the building’s vibrations was relatively low, so the plates remained intact on the shelves. Many people in the area, after throwing things at the car, walked off in different directions. Soon after, the multiple roars of fire and ambulance sirens were heard. After that, they found out about the destroyed houses (11 according to the latest data) in different parts of Adana, among which were 11-, 14-, and 17-story buildings. There was another earthquake recently of almost the same strength, but it lasted a little less, about a minute. Although even this was enough for another building to collapse next to the ruins and victims of the first earthquake, says Anna from the city of Adana (about 300 km from the epicenter).

Of the elements, many flee the cities. People are trying to hide at least somewhere:

“Now, near Mersin, my friends again ran out into the street, went to the mountains, like at night,” Sophia writes.

Another Russian, Roman, said that the city he is in, Antakya, is practically destroyed:

– The Antakya earthquake destroyed the entire city, including the house of my relatives. They managed to run out, but now they are on the street, soon the phones will die, they will be left without communication, since there is no electricity nearby.

Some Russians have experienced tragedies in their families. Amura M. on social networks said that her husband’s cousin was left under the rubble, they are looking for him:

– I was in another city, where it was worse, it was under the rubble, a high-rise building, the house burned down. Let’s look. I hope he miraculously survived, we are waiting. It is also a pity, he is a doctor, he worked in Mersin, and now he was sent to Antakya, right now there is horror. Fate is no different. How I am afraid of this and this is one of the reasons why I do not want to live in Turkey. And when they bought an apartment, I didn’t want a tall building, they took it in a five-story building, but I don’t even want to go there.

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