Story Highlights: The “miracle” infant, who was rescued in Turkey’s Hatay after spending nearly 128 hours buried in the rubble, is indeed gaining the deserved popularity and spreading joy online.
The two-month-old baby is shown giggling in the video with the caption “hero of the day” after being cleaned up and having a meal.
Internet users praised the person for sharing a wonderful story and bestowed blessings on the infant.
Last Tuesday, a newborn baby girl was discovered alive in Syria with her umbilical cord still linked to her mother, who is thought to have passed just shortly after giving birth.
A two-year-old girl, a lady who was six months pregnant, and a 70-year-old woman were all saved from the earthquake’s devastation after five days, according to Turkish media.
🇹🇷 And here is the hero of the day! A toddler who was rescued 128 hours after the earthquake. Satisfied after a wash and a delicious lunch. pic.twitter.com/0lO79YJ7eP
— Mike (@Doranimated) February 11, 2023
According to the Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM, Turkey’s earthquake death count has reached more than 30,000, and tens of thousands more injuries.
And in Syria death toll has reached around 4,574.
After nearly a week under the rubble, rescue efforts are still finding survivors.
Even after the death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 34,000 on Monday, stories of miraculous survivals continue to give hope to thousands of rescuers searching through rubble in the bitter cold.
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Let’s analyze the actual scenario as it exists amidst the state of sorrow, cries, confusion, and hopes.
Facts About Turkey and Syria Earthquakes Catastrophe
Early last Monday, a powerful earthquake shook southeast Turkey and neighboring Syria, destroying cities and leaving thousands dead or injured.
In Turkey, at least 6,000 buildings fell, prompting concerns about whether the widespread tragedy might have been prevented and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration could have done more to save lives.
As per the US Geological Survey, the first 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck at 4:17 am (0117 GMT) at a depth of roughly 18 km (11 miles) close to the Turkish city of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, a city in Turkey, is home to about two million citizens. Numerous aftershocks and a tremor with a slightly lower magnitude of 7.5 came after it. Large portions of Turkey’s and war-torn Syria’s major cities were destroyed by the earthquakes. Additionally, the region is home to millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war and other conflicts.
Cause & Analysis Of Turkey and Syria Earthquakes
When tectonic plates move past one another, a strike-slip movement takes place. Three tectonic plates are passing each other along an existing fault zone in south-central Turkey in the case of the Turkey and Syria earthquake.
“Three tectonic plates collide in this area, which is known as a triple junction. Although there hasn’t been much seismic activity there recently, the area is one where a lot of stress accumulates over time.” Massive, slow-moving rock slabs called tectonic plates range in thickness from 10 to 160 miles on the Earth’s crust. Along the edges of these plates, earthquakes happen.
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The Malatya fault, the location of the 7.5 aftershocks, slipped by nearly 36 feet, while the East Anatolian fault, the epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, slipped by 10.5 feet.
Even though these slips happened underground, there’s a chance that some places on the surface also ruptured.
Economic losses are difficult to estimate because of the way the situation is developing, but Fitch Ratings said they “appear likely to exceed” $2 billion and could even go as high as $4 billion. Due to the low level of insurance coverage in the region, insured losses will likely be much lower, at most $1 billion.
As efforts to rescue those still trapped under rubble continue for the sixth day in the freezing conditions, according to officials and medical personnel.
#WIONFineprint | India extends helping hand to #Syria and #Turkey, the seventh flight with relief material lands
— WION (@WIONews) February 13, 2023
Indian army sets up hospital in Turkey to help earthquake victims@nehakhanna_07 brings you this report
Watch more:https://t.co/dm7SyC0z2e pic.twitter.com/33b2nkpXzR
Preliminary rescue efforts were hindered by a winter storm that blocked three major airports in the region and covered major roads in ice and snow, making it difficult to deliver essential aid.
A 2,200-year-old hilltop castle in Gaziantep (close to the earthquake’s epicenter) built by Roman legions was depicted in social media posts as being in ruins, with some of its walls reduced to rubble.
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In Syria, Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, and Tartus provinces—where Russia is renting a naval facility—all experienced damage, according to the health ministry.
The fortress in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir and the old city of Aleppo, which is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, both suffered damage, and other sites may have also been affected, the organization warned.
One of the longest continually inhabited regions on Earth, the so-called Fertile Crescent, which has witnessed the emergence of multiple civilizations from the Hittites to the Ottomans, was identified as the earthquake’s epicenter in the province of Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border. The hypocenter of Turkey – Syria Earthquakes was located 17.9 kilometers deep (11 mi).
On Saturday, the United Nations chief humanitarian official in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras called the earthquake the “worst occurrence in this region in 100 years.”
Rescue work at the war level and foreign assistance at its best, still have helped to keep hope high and lively.
There are different types of construction used in different countries, and different historical practices, but building performance in each structure still depends on the laws of physics. The process of earthquake is the same whether in the Japan,US, Turkey, Syria or anywhere else. These countries are in highly earthquake zones.Japan has developed several measures to prevent this types of disasters. As Turkey and Syria was already warned about this,they could have took several steps. But this is also the high time to learn from this gigantic mistake to develop or adopt several measures. I also wanna conclude that India should also be awakened from this and govt. should invest their time and money to prevent the places which are on this stresses otherwise the earthquake which will occur will be the talk of the town. We even cant think about this because indian infrastructure is so so so poor as compared to them. We know the problem,we know the solution and the need is just to do something without closing our eyes.