Türkiye/Syria Earthquake

Question 1

What are the characteristics of Turkey?

Answer 1

1. Middle income country
2. 45th HDI
3. 4.5% in economic growth (2023)
4. Population of Gaziantep= 1,805,000

Question 2

What are the characteristics of Syria?

Answer 2

1. Low income country
2. Decade long civil war

Question 3

What were the characteristics of the Türkiye/Syria earthquake?

Answer 3

Date= 6th February 2023
Magnitude= 7.8
Aftershocks= 570 (24hrs after), 10,000 in 3 weeks
Depth= 17.9km (shallow-focus)
Fault line= East Anatolian Fault (strike slip)

Question 4

What were the primary impacts of the T/S earthquake?

Answer 4

1. 6650 buildings collapse
2. 50,000 killed
   3.107,000 injured in Türkiye
   4.$84.1 billion in damage

Question 5

What were the secondary impacts of the T/S earthquake?

Answer 5

1. Fires breaking our due to electrical faults and ruptured gas lines (Iskenderun Port)
2. Millions left homeless (1.5 million in Türkiye and 5.3 million in Syria)

Question 6

What were the responses to the T/S quake?

Answer 6

1. Rescue teams mobilised quickly in search of survivors
2. Local businesses contributed $11 million in in-kind donations
3. NGOs set up emergency shelters and field hospitals
4. UN gave $1 billion to assist over 5 million people in Türkiye

Question 7

What were the long term responses to the T/S quake?

Answer 7

1. Efforts to rebuild are still on going
2. World Bank approved $1billion in financing to support Türkiye’s recovery efforts