Zheng Mingdian, director of the Meteorological Bureau, shared the distribution map of the aftershocks of the strong earthquake in Turkey, and said, "Thinking back to the Chelongpu fault, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the 921 earthquake, it is already a nightmare in memory. The disaster of this Turkish earthquake is unimaginable."

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit the border between Turkey and Syria on the 6th. The distribution of strong earthquakes is nearly 300 kilometers, and it is said directly, "Recalling the Chelongpu fault, which was more than 100 kilometers away from the 921 earthquake, it is already a nightmare in memory. The disaster of the Turkish earthquake is unimaginable."

In the early hours of the 6th local time in Turkey, a shallow strong earthquake with a scale of 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred near the northern border of Syria, followed by more than 120 aftershocks. According to the latest statistics, there are currently more than 7,800 deaths in Turkey and Syria, and more than 38,000 People get hurt.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in the 10 affected provinces.

The World Health Organization (WHO) also warned yesterday that it is estimated that as many as 23 million people may eventually be affected by the disaster, and the WHO also promised to provide long-term assistance.

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Zheng Mingdian, director of the Meteorological Bureau, also shared the aftershock distribution map of the strong earthquake in Turkey last night, and pointed out that "the distribution of aftershocks in the northeast-southwest direction of the main earthquake is nearly 300 kilometers; the distribution of aftershocks in the east-west direction is about 200 kilometers long at the location of the largest aftershock with a magnitude of 7.5." Zheng Mingdian said Looking back on the 921 earthquake, the Chelongpu fault, which is more than 100 kilometers away, is already a nightmare in memory, and the disaster of the Turkish earthquake is unimaginable.

Netizens also commented under the article, leaving messages saying "a very large area affected by the disaster", "hope God bless the world", "there are multiple plate junctions (red lines) over there, it is not surprising that there are many faults, so there are many earthquakes" , "Don't forget that the Huadong Rift Valley is full of earthquake faults", and some netizens asked "Is it possible to predict earthquakes 48 hours in advance?"

In the early hours of the 6th local time in Turkey, a shallow strong earthquake with a scale of 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred near the northern border of Syria, followed by more than 120 aftershocks. According to the latest statistics, there are currently more than 7,800 deaths in Turkey and Syria, and more than 38,000 People get hurt.

(European News Agency)