The Turkey Earthquake 2024. The tremor and its aftershocks left towns and cities in ruins and killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and 5,900 in syria. February 6, 2024 will be a sobering reminder of the catastrophe that struck türkiye a year ago.
A year after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern turkey and northwestern syria, a massive rebuilding effort is still trudging along. Long the historic jewel and largest city in hatay, turkey’s southernmost province, antakya has been emptied by the earthquakes of all but its most determined or.