Tragic news... hopefully the local emergency services were housed in buildings that are built well.
7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye
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#32I have a friend in Turkey. They haven’t been online for an hour or so. Hoping they are ok :(
It’s before dawn so maybe not being online is just normal, but yeah it is scary
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#33This guy somehow predicted it? https://twitter.com/hogrbe/status/1621479563720118273?t=uZuu...
Lucky or good?
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#34This is really bad. The timing couldn't be worse, pretty much everybody was at home. The videos that came out so far are devastating, whole apartment buildings leveled with everybody in them, people trapped under the rubble and calling out for help.
Given the timing and the magnitude the first estimates of casualties seem surprisingly low, I really hope that they are right but there are some major cities right in the middle of this. Ugh.
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#35I have never seen an earthquake covering such a wide area. I confirm collapsing buildings in at least 5 cities. There is a big chaos on social media as well - many people asking for help since they are stuck under debris. What a disaster!
Are you saying that people are asking for help in general or that the actual people stuck inside collapse buildings are using their socials in search of help? What kind of infrastructure is in place that would survive to allow network connectivity for people to access socials to ask for help?
It's a common sight for one bulding to be standing virtually undamaged while the one next to it is a pile of rubble.
Infrastructure is fine.
At least enough of it is. I had no trouble calling people in the area minutes after it happened.
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#36I have never seen an earthquake covering such a wide area. I confirm collapsing buildings in at least 5 cities. There is a big chaos on social media as well - many people asking for help since they are stuck under debris. What a disaster!
Are you saying that people are asking for help in general or that the actual people stuck inside collapse buildings are using their socials in search of help? What kind of infrastructure is in place that would survive to allow network connectivity for people to access socials to ask for help?
Apparently mobile connectivity is intact in some places, but data is generally down. People are calling/texting their friends who in turn post it on social media:
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#37This guy somehow predicted it? https://twitter.com/hogrbe/status/1621479563720118273?t=uZuu... Lucky or good?
The one doesn't rule out the other. If they can do this again it would be great news in a way because any kind of reliable indicator of an imminent earthquake would save many lives.
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#39Greek here, the weather is snowy over here as it is in Turkey last few days.
I can't even fathom the idea of staying out in the cold. My thoughts are to the people affected.
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#40I have never seen an earthquake covering such a wide area. I confirm collapsing buildings in at least 5 cities. There is a big chaos on social media as well - many people asking for help since they are stuck under debris. What a disaster!
I accidentally saw one of these videos on Twitter. As a human, seeing a young person suffering, frightened and calling for help in real time when I can do nothing felt disgustingly voyeuristic. Perhaps humans who have never met and will likely never meet were never meant to connect in this way?
The situation is apparently quite grim with the broad scale of devastation. I hope technology can help guide and focus resources and rescuers as quickly as possible.
What an awful event.