Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #TurkeyQuake
Most recents (3)
Erdogan=another case study of how #Strongmen respond to crises. The priority is always self-preservation. "To deflect attention from his cronyism and incompetence, Erdogan has engaged in favorite autocratic activities: censoring people and locking them up. #TurkeyQuake 1/
The government's Twitter ban in the days following the quake, intended to silence criticism of his regime, made it more difficult for the public to find their loved ones and get advice from disaster management professionals. #turkeyearthquake2023 2/
It is important to crack down on contractors whose shoddy methods cost lives. 100 contractors have been detained across 10 provinces, and the Justice Ministry has established "earthquake crimes investigation units." 3/
Feeling helpless at the scale of devastation in Turkey and Syria. Thinking of all those impacted.
If you have students who, like my disaster risk reduction class, want to understand what happened today, these links may help 👇
#Geography #TurkeyQuake
If you have students who, like my disaster risk reduction class, want to understand what happened today, these links may help 👇
#Geography #TurkeyQuake
In these videos (2 parts) Remy Bossu explains that we can't predict earthquakes, what earthquakes are, what aftershocks are, and why the second 7+ quake today was not an aftershock. Also shows tectonic setting of the region:
This is the United States Geological Survey Earthquakes website, which provides up to date information about earthquakes worldwide and clearly shows the location and information for the quakes that impacted Turkey and Syria today: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ma… 
Search and rescue efforts are not nearly enough for wide areas destroyed by multiple strong quakes in Turkey.
Many call on the Turkish Army to step in to help rescue efforts
Many call on the Turkish Army to step in to help rescue efforts
A lot of tweets, messages and posts by residents plea for help, giving locations for people waiting to be rescued under rubbles #deprem #DEPREMOLDU #TurkeyEarthquake
So far after Turkey earthquake:
- 1541 people died
- Nearly 10K people injured
- 3471 buildings collapsed
- 1541 people died
- Nearly 10K people injured
- 3471 buildings collapsed
