Turkey-Syria earthquake: Buildings crumble as deadly earthquakes hit

7.8 on the Richter scale is absolutely insane. Not many people know but the scale is logarithmic so 7.8 is actully 10 times worse than 6.8 and has 33 times the energy. Scary stuff!

Such tragedies for both countries . May the souls of the dead from both countries rest in peace, and the survivors if any, be cared and looked after. My prayers are with them.😢😢

So sad. As someone who lived for a few years in Turkey for work I’m not surprised by the devastation. The building codes are not up to snuff for an earthquake zone and corruption in the building trades has resulted in many buildings not up to the codes that do exist in Turkey. This is so gut wrenching to see and my heart goes out to all the victims.

Ive been to Turkey. Turkish people are very nice. This is tragic & very sad news. wishes for recovery and hope for as many more survivors as possible, 🙏🙏🙏

Just 2 weeks ago we had a 5.4 everyone said something big was on its way. I hope those trapped in Turkey are brought to safety soon and the people of Turkey and can begin to rebuild. Sending thoughts and prayers to our neighbours

Imagine being trapped in the wreckage oh my goodness 😢

Here in Syria, the bad structure of buildings and the poor health care equipments , add to that , the bad weather conditions , the lack of experience and preparations for such crisis... the chaos in the country ... and so many other factors, made the situations even worse and more horrific.

This is heartbreaking. My thoughts and preyers are with these countries 😢 x

Omg. Sending Blessing to all in the disaster zone. My thoughts and prayers go out to the people that have passed and the missings families, I hope they find many more survivors. God bless, from Scotland. 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

This breaks my heart. I really don't know what else to say. Never been thru this hell.

It's an utter nightmare. All those souls lost. May they rest in peace.

We are so lucky here in England. I can’t imagine this happening to my family n loved ones here. I’m so sorry for all those ❤💔

😢This is the worst tragedy I’ve ever seen! I’m so shocked I’m speechless… all these people, my god!

I feel like earthquake is getting stronger and closer to each other in resent years. All countries need to adapt japanese building code. Better be safe than sorry. Our country also have met numerous small earthquakes last year. It was more than i have experienced in my life in single year. Such big apartments house so many people. Buildings are getting taller and taller , almost no safety space in between. There is just no time to run out of 16 store buildings during earthquake or fire! Specially in corrupted countries buildings barely follow their own building code. Much worse would happen if 7.8 magnitude were to hit our country. I imagine 70 percent of whole city collapsing with quality of buildings i see . They are only flashy inside with marble lobbies,but structure itself is cheap af. Government and building companies are only looking for todays profit. People are buying such mediocre apartments with all their savings without knowing the danger.

So sad, thoughts are with both nations and all the people affected 💔 🙏🏻

So awful I hope they can rescue and save as many as they can. The devastation is unbelievable. So heartbreaking to see 😢

We extend our heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims, injured and the affectees of this natural calamity. Our prayers are with those who lost their life and who are still missing as a result of this natural disaster. We pray for their early and safe recovery.

Wow that is so scary. Love and light to the country and it's beautiful people. This is so sad

My prayers for both countries.

Very tragic. My condolences goes to all the victims’ families. My heart breaks. So many death caused by Natural disaster. It is so good to know that some of the world’s countries are sending helps, foods, & material aids. God blesses those who gave. The best money spent. One of the best good deed is helping fellow human beings. This is one of the worse Natural disasters I have ever seen in my life.