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210 earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 6 on the Richter scale have struck Turkey since the beginning of the 20th century, Daily Sabah reported, citing data from the Turkish government's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate.

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The total number of victims of these earthquakes is nearly 87,000 people, and the destroyed homes are over 597,000.

Turkey is located in the Mediterranean-Alpo-Himalayan seismic belt and experiences one strong and deadly earthquake every five years on average, the Disaster Management Directorate report shows.

The victims of the powerful earthquakes in Turkey and Syria are over 2,300

Izmit and Adapazar after the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake in 1999.

The deadliest was the December 27, 1939 earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.

Its epicenter was in the northeastern district of Erzincan.

The disaster leveled whole areas.

32,962 people died.

Thousands are left homeless.

Later strong earthquakes include the 1983 earthquake in eastern Erzurum County with a magnitude of 6.9, the catastrophic 1999 earthquake in northwestern Izmit County with a magnitude of 7.4, and the subsequent earthquake in nearby Düzce County in November of that year with a magnitude of 7.1, as well as the 2011 earthquake in eastern Van County with a magnitude of 7.

Bulgarian emergency teams with dogs help in the rescue operations after the earthquake in Izmit in 1999:

Sevda Shishmanova's documentary "Hope on the Richter Scale" is also dedicated to the devastating earthquake in Izmit, which follows the rescue operations of the emergency teams and the battle for every human life.

The film raises questions about the feat of the common man and the responsibility of the construction industry, about the response of the state and the mission of the media.

At the end of October 2020, an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale shook Greece and Turkey.

The epicenter was in the Aegean Sea - near the Turkish province of Izmir.

Today's earthquake occurred in the seismologically unstable region called the East Anatolian Fault.

It runs from southwest to northwest relative to the southeast border of Turkey.

Seismologists have long declared the fault to be very dangerous, even though there has been no significant activity there for more than 100 years.

However, the same area has experienced many destructive earthquakes in the past.

One of them shook the earth on August 13, 1882 with a magnitude of 7.4 on the Richter scale.

Although weaker than today's, it caused massive damage to cities in the area, with around 7,000 deaths recorded in Syria's Aleppo.

Destructive aftershocks then continued for nearly a year.

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria

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