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2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakeNatural disaster
On 6 February 2023, an earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and western Syria. It occurred 34 km (21 mi) west of the city of Gaziantep at 04:17 TRT, causing widespread damage and thousands of fatalities in the region. With a magnitude of at least Mww 7.8, the earthquake is tied with the 1939 Erzincan earthquake as the strongest recorded earthquake to hit Turkey in... wikipedia.org
- 6-Feb-23
- 04:17 am TRT (UTC+3)
- 75 seconds
- 7.8 Mww
- 17.9 km (11 mi)
- 37.174°N 37.032°E
- Strike-slip
- At least 2,109 by 12 February; more than 200 with a Mw 4.0 or greater; largest: Mww 7.7 at 13:24 TRT (UTC+3), 6 February 2023
- At least 41,130 deaths, 120,000 injured
