The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that just struck Turkey is the most deadly seismic event that we have seen so far this year. It is being reported that it could actually be felt all the way in Greenland…
TREMORS FROM THE POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE THAT ROCKED TURKEY AND NEIGHBOURING SYRIA ON MONDAY WERE FELT AS FAR AWAY AS GREENLAND, THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND SAID.
“THE LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY WERE CLEARLY REGISTERED ON THE SEISMOGRAPHS IN DENMARK AND GREENLAND,” SEISMOLOGIST TINE LARSEN TOLD AFP.
As buildings fell down all around them, some people in Turkey actually believed that “judgement day” had arrived.
As I write this article, we are being told that “at least 3,500 people” have died, but that number will inevitably grow much larger as more bodies are pulled from the rubble…
According to reports from the region, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake caused approximately 90 seconds of shaking, and social media is filled with videos of tall buildings collapsing into heaps in just moments.
Subsequently, a series of large aftershocks did even more damage.
The largest aftershock was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that was originally reported to be a magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
And even more huge earthquakes followed that one, and even more buildings fell down.
There have been more than 60 large earthquakes in the region, and countless numbers of people that are trapped under the rubble are desperately hoping that rescuers can get to them in time…
VICTIMS TRAPPED IN COLLAPSED BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN PLEADING FOR HELP AS RESCUERS DESPERATELY TRY TO FREE THEM – WITH SOME PEOPLE EVEN BROADCASTING ON FACEBOOK LIVE WHILE TRAPPED TO TRY AND GET AID.
HEARTBREAKING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS HAVE SHOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES PULLING THE BODIES OF CHILDREN FROM THE RUBBLE IN MULTIPLE CITIES, AS WELL AS MIRACULOUS RESCUES WITH PEOPLE SOMEHOW BEING CARRIED OUT ALIVE AFTER THE CATASTROPHE.
Unfortunately, this is just the beginning.
One seismologist named Tyler Metcalf is warning that we could see a whole lot of shaking all over the planet over the next few days…
SEISMOLOGIST TYLER METCALF EXPLAINS WHAT’S LIKELY TO HAPPEN NOW:
THE BIG #EARTHQUAKES IN #TURKEY HAVE LIKELY LED TO DESTABILIZATION OF FAULT LINES ACROSS THE WORLD. THERE COULD BE MANY EARTHQUAKES IN MANY AREAS ACROSS THE WORLD OVER THE NEXT FEW TO SEVERAL DAYS.
Metcalf’s warning is based on an Oregon State University study that discovered that a major earthquake in one part of the globe can cause large earthquakes in other parts of the globe…
THE HIGHER THE MAGNITUDE, THE MORE LIKELY A QUAKE IS TO TRIGGER ANOTHER QUAKE. HIGHER-MAGNITUDE QUAKES, WHICH HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH MORE FREQUENCY IN RECENT YEARS, ALSO SEEM TO BE TRIGGERED MORE OFTEN THAN LOWER-MAGNITUDE ONES.
“EARTHQUAKES ARE PART OF A CYCLE OF TECTONIC STRESS BUILDUP AND RELEASE. AS FAULT ZONES NEAR THE END OF THIS SEISMIC CYCLE, TIPPING POINTS MAY BE REACHED AND TRIGGERING CAN OCCUR.”
THE THREE DAYS FOLLOWING ONE LARGE QUAKE, OTHER EARTHQUAKES WERE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR.
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