Early Monday morning, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey, at the time of this writing, more than 7,800 deaths have been reported in the area and in Syria, to the south. Powerful aftershocks, including one measuring in at a magnitude of 7.5, roiled the regions hours after the quake struck.
According to estimates by the Turkish government, approximately 3,450 buildings collapsed, contributing to the fatalities. Photos show many of the newer concrete buildings with “soft” lower floors collapsing like a pancake, an outcome that could have been influenced by construction techniques that didn’t adequately account for (common-in-the-region) earthquakes.
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