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Another 6.4 hit, and brought down buildings compromised by the earlier quake.

Now this, this is rather amazing.

50% of buildings in Turkey were not up to the required earthquake codes due to shady 'building code exemptions' for seismic regulations, and just days before the quake legislation was put forward to widen that amnesty. Funds from 'earthquake taxes' were misused and fucked with for unrelated...

The whole Anatolian Plate moved 3 meters; no wonder the quake was so bad.

Yeah, the dead are like in the 200k+ range, and rising; due to how many places pancaked and the shit weather.

Not just that, but it was raining in a lot of the area when this happened, so people were wet and cold, not just cold, and there is real risks of landslides and such for a while.

Shipping containers on fire in one of the Turkish ports due to the quake. Also, the castle that collapsed was the Allepo Citadel itself. The thing survived every war in the region for 2200 years, and was used by huge numbers of rulers, and it took Mother NAture rending the Earth itself to break...

Israel is going to be working in both Turkey, and for the first time Syria, to aid in quake relief. Assad actually asking Israel openly for help is surprising. Edit: People are going to be sleeping outside for a while in Turkey now, as no one is sure which buildings are still safe to be in...

Supposedly they felt shaking in the Gaza Strip for about 45 seconds, which tells you just how powerful this was. Also, Italy has tsunami warning active.

They got another 7.5/7.8 again this morning, aftershocks still happening, compromised buildings still collapsing. The castle that crumbled was 2200 years old, dating to the Hittites, and that mean this quake is likely one of the most powerful in the region in over 2200 years. Video of the...