'Destruction Looks Like War Zone': Shocking Visuals Of Turkey Earthquake Surface On Social Media

The visuals of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria show buildings turned into rubble and widespread devastation.

The earthquake struck at 4:17 am (local time) and was at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres with epicentre located about 33 kilometres from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital.

Source : ABP News

New Delhi: The shocking visuals of the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday have emerged on social media. A Turkish official said the death toll from the earthquake is now at 284, bringing the overall death toll in Turkey and Syria to 568, news agency AP reported.

The quake struck at 4:17 am (local time) and was at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres with epicentre located about 33 kilometres from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital.

 

One of the videos on the platform shows multiple apartment buildings collapsing after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey.

Multiple apartment buildings have collapsed after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey pic.twitter.com/wydrBj94RL

— BNO News (@BNONews) February 6, 2023

Another purported footage at night shows the buildings shaking amid lightening in the sky.

Scary footage of the earthquake in Turkey tonight.
pic.twitter.com/NweJRwrnhn

— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) February 6, 2023

A daylight video that appeared on the Internet after the earthquake showed massive destruction in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey where the buildings can be seen turned into rubbles amid a frantic search for survivors in cities and towns across the region.

 
One of the users who shared the horrifying sight of the destruction said 'it looks like a war zone.'

The level of destruction caused by the earthquake in Turkey makes it look like a war zone. This is utterly heartbreaking. Pray for Turkey and especially for the people trapped under the rubble. pic.twitter.com/PeqPXoNKlF

— KC (@kci2013) February 6, 2023

WATCH: Daylight reveals massive destruction in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey pic.twitter.com/YZD1J4iYfc

— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) February 6, 2023

One of the visuals shows a victim stuck under the rubble urging for help.

People are stuck under rubble while sending out live streams or videos requesting help.

People are stuck under rubble while sending out live streams or videos requesting help. #earthquake #Turkey pic.twitter.com/SxTzPzFAmn

— Ｎｅｒｄｙ 🅰🅳🅳🅸🅲🆃 (@Nerdy_Addict) February 6, 2023

Users are also appalled to see the scale of devastation in the videos. 

This is devastating. Truly. The scale of this, the images suggests USGS estimation for the death toll to be in the thousands is probably where this is heading.

Jesus Christ.

— GooRee (@GooRee) February 6, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that "search and rescue teams were immediately dispatched" to the areas hit by the quake. "We hope that we will get through this disaster together as soon as possible and with the least damage,” he wrote on Twitter.

Six aftershocks followed the main shock and he urged people not to enter damaged buildings due to the risks, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.

The White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defence, declared northwestern region of Syria a "disaster area" following the quake, as per CNN. The northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey, is controlled by anti-government forces amid a bloody civil war that began in 2011.

US President Joe Biden has asked US Agency for International Development and other federal government partners to assess U.S. response options to help those most affected, said the White House on Monday.