Earthquake in Turkey & Syria: Images of before and after reveals scale of the devastation

• The first 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early in the morning.
• As the buildings began to tremble, many people ran into the streets.
• Over 5000 people lost their lives.

Two massive earthquakes and a series of aftershocks struck Turkey, Syria, and the surrounding region, killing over 5000 people and wreaking havoc.

The city’s castle, which has stood for over 2,000 years, has also suffered significant damage. During the Roman Empire, the hilltop castle was constructed. It was most recently utilized as a museum.

The historic Yeni Camii mosque in Malatya, which is more than 100 miles from the epicentre, was severely damaged. Its domes crumbled, exposing it to the winter sky. The mosque was destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1894 and then damaged again by another quake in 1964.

Buildings and docks were destroyed in the Mediterranean port city of Iskenderun, Hatay province.

Building collapses killed over 810 persons in Syria. The earthquake has severely devastated Aleppo’s mediaeval citadel, which has been wrecked by a decade of fighting.

A big block of residential and commercial buildings in the village of Besnaya – Bseineh was reduced to rubble.

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