The devastating effects of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey
On February 6th, 2023 at 4:17am, Northwest Syria and Southeast Turkey experienced an intense earthquake that reached a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale. Vigorous aftershocks continued to disrupt the peace, with one aftershock reaching 6.3 on February 20th. Across the board there were at least 87,000 injuries, 47,000 buildings destroyed and over 47,000 deaths reported. As a result of this, 26 million people in Turkey and Syria were left in an anguished situation requiri