More than 8,000 people have been reported killed and tens of thousands of others injured by the devastating earthquake that rocked Turkey and syra on Monday. Thousands of buildings collapsed in the two nations and aid agencies are warning of “catastrophic” repercussions in northwest Syria , where millions of vulnerable and displaced people were already relying on humanitarian support . Massive rescue efforts are underway with the global community offering assistance in search and recovery operations. Meanwhile agencies have warned that fatalities from the disaster could climb significantly higher . Here’s what we know about the quake and why it was so deadly. One of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the region in a century rocked residents from their slumber in the early hours of Monday morning around 4 a.m. The quake struck 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, in Turkey’s Gaziantep province, at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), ...
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