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Both of these earthquakes were larger than any previously recorded for the East Anatolian Fault, even with historical records going back one thousand years - Anadolu Agency
An earthquake expert explains why the death and devastation have been so terrible in Turkey and Syria
‘2 very large quakes just a few hours apart, on distinct faults nearby, I believe that's never been seen before for a quakes of this magnitude,’ says Sylvain Barbot - Anadolu Agency
Aimilia Balta's mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago but it has not stopped the elderly Greek donating clothes for the thousands left homeless by the deadly earthquake there."People are cold, so we do what we can" to help, Balta -- whose mother survived the Greek-Turkish war of 1922 -- told AFP as she left bags of woollens and overcoats at the town hall of a northern Athens suburb.
In 1999 a quake in the north-west, around the city of Izmit, left some 17 thousand people dead. Stricter building safety standards were brought in, but experts say they have been poorly enforced.