2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
The earthquake that caused destruction in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023
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Summary
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes is an earthquake sequence[1]. It draws 11,240 Wikipedia views per month (earthquake sequence category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gaziantep Province[3], Hatay Province[4], Kahramanmaraş Province[5], Osmaniye Province[6], Adıyaman Province[7], Kilis Province[8], Diyarbakır Province[9], Aleppo Governorate[10], Malatya Province[11], Şanlıurfa Province[12], Adana Province[13], Batman Province[14], Elazığ Province[15], Hama Governorate[16]
- Country: Turkey[17], Syria[18]
- Location: Gaziantep[19], Kahramanmaraş[20]
- Commons category: 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes[21]
- Point in time: February 6, 2023[22]
- Coordinate location: 37.174, 37.032[23]
- Has cause: East Anatolian Fault[24], Dead Sea Transform[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake[26]
- Number of deaths: 12,530[27], 24,000[28], 25,000[29], 34,000[30], 41,130[31], 44,000[32], 46,000[33], 48,224[34], 50,132[35]
- Facet of: national mourning on the behalf of the 2023 Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş earthquakes[36]
- Number of injured: 80,160[37], 120,000[38]
- Has effect: structural failure[39], conflagration[40], tsunami[41], destruction[42], humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes[43], state of emergency[44], Damage of the 2023 Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş earthquakes[45]
- Aftershocks: 243[46], 1052[47], 2109[48]
- Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: 7.8[49]
- Earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale: 7.8[50]
- Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale IX[51]
- Vertical depth: 17.9[52]
- Fault: East Anatolian Fault[53], Dead Sea Transform[54]
Why It Matters
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]