An earthquake swarm with two 7.8-magnitude quakes hit Turkey on February 6

An earthquake swarm with two 7.8-magnitude quakes hit Turkey on February 6. The centers of the two major quakes were located in Gaziantep and Kahramanmara provinces of Middle South Turkey. As of 2:00 pm (Beijing time) on February 8, more than 8,000 Turkish and Syrian people had been killed. WHO officials said the quake might have killed more than 20,000 people. In addition, the economic damage caused by the quake may exceed 10 billion US dollars.

According to the latest official figures of Turkey, Gaziantep and Kahramanmara provinces have a combined population of 3,311,373. The other nine provinces adjacent to the two regions have also been significantly affected. The other nine provinces have a total population of 11.13 million. It has been confirmed that more than 14 million Turkish people are affected by the earthquake, and the data from Syria is temporarily unclear.