Ankara: At least 1,500 people have died after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria in the early hours of Monday. Due to this earthquake, there has been huge devastation and about 3000 buildings have been destroyed.
Several videos showing the earthquake in Turkey and its aftermath are going viral on social media. Here we have shown 5 such videos so that you yourself can get an idea of the situation there.
After being hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, a building located in Turkey came crashing down in no time. According to the report, many people died in this accident. More than two lakh people have seen this video on Twitter.
In another video, a small girl can be seen being pulled out from a pile of concrete. Rescue workers were working for several hours to get this girl trapped in the debris.
In this video, it can be seen how a building collapses on the road after an earthquake. After the earthquake, people had come to the streets, after which this building, which turned into debris after the earthquake, was captured in the camera. The video is told of Sanliurfa in Turkey.
In this tear-filled video clip, a father can be seen crying with a dead newborn taken out of the debris. The father is crying after repeatedly kissing the child who died by being buried under the floor in the disaster. The video has been viewed by over a million people.
In this video of the news agency AP, many pictures of the destruction of both countries have been shown. It has been told in the tweet that the death toll is increasing due to the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria in the early hours of Monday. More than 1,500 people were killed and thousands were injured in both countries.
Let us tell you that due to the tremors of the powerful earthquake in Turkey, at least 386 people were killed due to the collapse of buildings in the neighboring country of Syria. In addition, at least 648 others were wounded in government-controlled parts of Syria, including the cities of Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus. Syrian news agency SANA said the quake was felt along the coast from Latakia to Damascus in the west. Raed Ahmed, head of the center, told SANA that the earthquake was the most powerful since the establishment of the National Earthquake Center in 1995.
