Turkey-Syria earthquake - updates: Death toll tops 5,100 - as patients left to die in 'forgotten' hospital
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake and numerous aftershocks left Turkey and Syria in ruins, killing thousands of people and injuring many more.
As well as other nearby nations, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey early on Monday was also felt in Syria, Jordan, and Israel.
According to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake began near Gaziantep, a significant provincial capital in Turkey's southeast.
According to USGS, its centre was located at a depth of around 11 miles. About 10 minutes later, a 6.7 temblor shook the earth strongly.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes the Turkish Coast and the Greek Island of Rhodes.
It is yet unknown how much infrastructure damage, injuries, and potential fatalities may occur.
Numerous landslides might be triggered by earthquakes.
An expert has warned that thousands of earthquakes might be triggered in Turkey and Syria in the upcoming days.
The nations have already seen a second 7.5 magnitude earthquake and more than 285 aftershocks after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit yesterday morning.
Bruce Malamud, a professor of environmental and natural hazards at King's College London, said: "Other natural hazards and multi-hazard cascades will be taken into consideration by the hazard relief organisations and managers.
In the hours to days following the earthquake and any subsequent aftershocks, the seismic activity will probably cause hundreds, if not thousands, of landslides.
He continued by saying that risk managers will also have to deal with the mass displacement of individuals.
He said: "They'll need to be careful where they send these individuals, not putting them into another hazard-prone location, such to floods.
This has happened before in Asia, when an earthquake forced a huge number of people to evacuate to a flood plain, which months later flooded and caused further casualties.
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