Turkey once again struck by earthquake, cracks in Indian Army hospital
Strong earthquake tremors have been felt once again in Turkey, which is moaning due to the fierce attack of nature. The tremors of the earthquake on Monday evening were so strong that cracks appeared in many of the surviving buildings. Due to the earthquake, the field hospital of the Indian Army, which is running a relief operation in Turkey, was also shaken. The Turkish administration has issued an advisory for people to be careful and stay away from dilapidated buildings.
According to media reports, fear spread among the people of Turkey (Turkey Earthquake 2023 Latest) due to the late Monday evening earthquake. People left their homes and started running towards the open. Due to the strong earthquake, the buildings started shaking again. Cracks appeared in buildings that survived the earlier earthquake. Whoever got the chance, took the family along and ran towards the open space. Even the field hospital of the Indian Army established there could not survive the impact of this severe earthquake in Turkey.
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a few days ago in Turkey and Syria, there was heavy devastation due to earthquake. The devastation was of such a level that the death toll has crossed 36,000. Rescue is still going on on the ground and bodies are being taken out continuously. India has helped Turkey a lot in this rescue mission. Many teams of NDRF have been sent, relief materials are also being delivered continuously.The Indian Army has even built its own hospital in Turkey where the injured are getting treatment. Some other countries are also sending aid to Turkey on their behalf.
This field hospital of the Indian Army was also shaken in the watershed and cracks have appeared in many of its parts. However, there is no news of loss of life or property. Seeing the dangers of such aftershocks after the earthquake, Indian Army and NDRF personnel are living in tents instead of buildings. The Turkish administration has also appealed to the people to stay away from the buildings for a few days and stay in them by making tents.
It is important to understand here that earthquakes have happened in Turkey on many occasions before, but this time the earthquake was stronger, the intensity went beyond 7. Two shocks changed the picture of Turkey and Syria. Buildings were razed to the ground, people were buried under the debris and many lives were lost forever. For information, let us tell you that the first tremor of earthquake in Turkey came at 4.17 am on February 6.Its intensity on the Richter scale was 7.8 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was Gaziantep in southern Turkey. Before people could recover from it, another earthquake occurred shortly after, its intensity on the Richter scale was 6.4 magnitude. This period of earthquake tremors did not stop here.
After this there was another shock of 6.5 magnitude. These tremors caused havoc in 11 provinces including Malatya, Sanliurfa, Osmaniye and Diyarbakir. At 4 o’clock in the evening, there was another shock of the earthquake. It is being told that this shock caused the maximum devastation. Exactly one and a half hours later, at 5.30 pm, the fifth tremor of the earthquake occurred. It had seen heavy destruction in Turkey in the year 1999 before the big earthquake. Then the earthquake had killed 18000 people.
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