Major Earthquake in Turkiye - 7.8 magnitude.

jujube said:
The only earthquake I've been in was in Turkey. It was terrifying. Years later, the town was totally destroyed by another one.

The Turks have excellent earthquake rescue teams. Anywhere in the world there is an earthquake, you'll see the rescuers wearing the Star and Crescent.

Sometimes, the aftershocks go on for a couple of months.
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There's been 44 aftershocks, by the last count. 13 great than 5.0; 4 greater than 6; and one aftershock greater than 7.0.
 

We had tremors for a long time, some were just short trembling and some we had were what were called rolling tremors or ground swells. Sometimes you wouldn't even notice them unless you saw a chandelier swaying or you felt a strange feeling like going slowly over a bump.

One time, I was stretched out on the couch and looked over at the ironing board I had been using earlier. The ironing board started rocking and the iron fell off but I didn't feel anything.
 
jujube said:
The only earthquake I've been in was in Turkey. It was terrifying. Years later, the town was totally destroyed by another one.
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I was in the "Great Spring Break Quake 1993" (Scotts Mills Earthquake) sitting in the living room pondering a shower when it hit. 5.4 Richter which bounced the house a bit.

My cat didn't approve of it, she went and hid for the day. Mom was at work, the building shook and everyone fled (except my mother) the women came in crying they'd left mom to die, and she said "I glad you ran! Trying to save a 66 year old and dying with her isn't a good career move!"

The second time was when Seattle was hit, in Vancouver we had a tall stack of CRT's and they began swaying. Then we heard Seattle was rocking. That's 168 miles away!
 
jujube said:
We had tremors for a long time, some were just short trembling and some we had were what were called rolling tremors or ground swells. Sometimes you wouldn't even notice them unless you saw a chandelier swaying or you felt a strange feeling like going slowly over a bump.

One time, I was stretched out on the couch and looked over at the ironing board I had been using earlier. The ironing board started rocking and the iron fell off but I didn't feel anything.
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My first I can recall, was back in the 80s, in Kentucky. The house rattled and made a lot of noise. Had no idea, what it was and later found out.

Then in the late 80s, 90s and early 00's, I spent quality and quantity time in Japan. Mostly stayed in high rises, which was a treat. Most engineering offices at the plants, were suspended from the roof. Those were real treats and very frequent. I did get used to them... eventually.

I suppose the last, was when I lived in SoCal, about 20 years ago. I am sitting in my home office, in an office chair... with feet propped on the legs, which was on a hardwood floor. I suddenly became very dizzy, to point of nausea and broke into a sweat. There was an earthquake reported at about the same time. Still not sure if it caused all my discomfort, but seemed to fit, as a reason.
 
... death toll keeps climbing.


CNN —
Thousands of people in Turkey and Syria have been killed and thousands more were injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey’s Gaziantep province near the Syrian border early Monday.
The earthquake is the strongest to hit Turkey since 1939, when a quake of the same magnitude killed 300,000 people. The initial earthquake was followed by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock 11 minutes later, as well as a 7.5 aftershock several hours later, according to the US Geological Survey. Tremors have been felt across the region, including in Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and Jordan.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/world/turkey-syria-earthquake-epicenter-maps-dg/index.html
 
jujube said:
We had tremors for a long time, some were just short trembling and some we had were what were called rolling tremors or ground swells. Sometimes you wouldn't even notice them unless you saw a chandelier swaying or you felt a strange feeling like going slowly over a bump.

One time, I was stretched out on the couch and looked over at the ironing board I had been using earlier. The ironing board started rocking and the iron fell off but I didn't feel anything.
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Were you stationed at Incirlik? It seems to be within 50~100 miles away from the various epicenters.
 
JustBonee said:
... death toll keeps climbing.


CNN —
Thousands of people in Turkey and Syria have been killed and thousands more were injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey’s Gaziantep province near the Syrian border early Monday.
The earthquake is the strongest to hit Turkey since 1939, when a quake of the same magnitude killed 300,000 people. The initial earthquake was followed by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock 11 minutes later, as well as a 7.5 aftershock several hours later, according to the US Geological Survey. Tremors have been felt across the region, including in Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and Jordan.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/world/turkey-syria-earthquake-epicenter-maps-dg/index.html
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Thank you... I was going to mention, Syria's a mess, too. I know people there, so I got in touch with one of them; a lady named Nadjwa. We dated a couple decades ago. She's fine but her brother and SIL lost their home and their business. Fortunately, it was their second home, and they're all alive.
 
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