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The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week has killed more than 21,600 people. Here's a look at the deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years: ___ — Feb. 6, 2023: In Turkey and Syria, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake kills more than 21,600 people.
Hope of finding survivors is dwindling as the death toll tops 21,500 in Turkey and Syria.
A glance at the world's deadliest quakes in past 25 years | 2023-02-10 15:33:13
Reconstruction will begin – but will we see stronger buildings, able to withstand the next quake, or more of the same?
The East Anatolian Fault zone that hosted these earthquakes is at the boundary between the Arabian and Anatolian tectonic plates, which move past each other at approximately 6 to 10 mm per year. The elastic strain that accumulates in this plate boundary zone is released by intermittent earthquakes, which have occurred for millions of years. The recent earthquakes are thus not a surprise.