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Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 6, 2023 at 1:07 pm
Oh, well, people are at a loss for words when an earthquake happens since you can't blame anyone, and yet you can't pretend like it didn't happen.
The buildings are falling like they are made of cards.
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 6, 2023 at 2:38 pm
I here that it's not an epicenter but an epiline.
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 6, 2023 at 4:16 pm
I understand Turkey has one of the strictest earthquake resistant building standards in the world in combination with one of the most corrupt and ineffectual earthquake resistant building standard enforcements in the world.
Basically almost no new building in built in Turkey since the establishment of these standards can meet even a fraction of these standards.
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 6, 2023 at 10:05 pm
Last death count 3700.
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 7, 2023 at 3:53 am
2,200 years old Gazintap Castle destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey.
Before vs Now.
![[Image: KNHxzoES_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/98/d6/KNHxzoES_o.jpg)
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 7, 2023 at 5:42 am
5000+.
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 7, 2023 at 3:42 pm
What a tragedy.
By comparison, we had an earthquake of similar magnitude (7.7 vs 7.8) last September with only a few lives lost. Construction quality here is often poor as well. I can only speculate what accounts for the difference
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 7, 2023 at 7:08 pm
Update, death toll up to 7200.
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RE: Over 2300 dead in Turkey
February 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm
(February 7, 2023 at 3:53 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: 2,200 years old Gazintap Castle destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey.
Before vs Now.
Is it just me that thinks those two images don't even look close to being the same castle?
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