Turkey Earthquake Magnitude: The devastating earthquake in Turkiye (Turkey) last Monday has caused the death of thousands of people. The scene of devastation is visible from all sides. Meanwhile, during a live report in Turkey, an earthquake occurred, the entire scene of which was captured on camera. You can clearly see in the video that people are screaming.
TV reporter Yuksel Aklan was reporting live from the streets of Malatya, Turkey, after the earthquake subsided on Monday, when the ground trembled under his feet. The video of the live report has been published by CBS News. In this you can see that Yuksel Aklan and other people on the road start running as soon as the earthquake starts. Meanwhile, the cameraman tries to capture the horrible scene around the camera… Then the sound of a building falling is heard.
The building was destroyed in a short time.
“While reporting on the rescue efforts in the area, we were hit by two consecutive earthquakes and the building to my left was leveled,” Yuksel Aklan told Reuters. There was a lot of dust, he said. A local resident came running and was covered in dust.” Meanwhile, reporter Yuksel Akalan is also seen running to save a girl’s life.
🔴 CANLI YAYINDA DEPRESSED: MUHABİR, ÇOCUĞU KURTARDI#Malatya‘Da live broadcast artı depreme yakalanan A news reporter Yüksel Akalan, little girl childinu bulukardı. #depress pic.twitter.com/3GESkL0U0J
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More than 2,300 people died.
The most powerful earthquake of this century shook Turkiye (Turkey) and Syria on Monday morning. More than 2,300 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured in Monday’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The death toll may rise. Rescue work is underway to save people trapped in the rubble. There have been three devastating earthquakes in a row of magnitude 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0 in Turkey.
More than 50 aftershocks occurred in Turkey after the earthquake. Eyewitnesses said the second tremor was felt as far as the Turkish capital Ankara and the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. The US Geological Survey said the first magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred near the Turkish city of Gaziantep at a depth of about 17.9 kilometers (11 miles) at 4:17 a.m.
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