Terrifying earthquake in Hatay: remarkable comments from the world press
After the earthquakes in which more than 40,000 people lost their lives, search and rescue efforts in many cities have come to an end and work is underway to recover them.
However, before the earthquake began to heal its wounds, the strong earthquake in Hatay last night raised concern both in the region and in the international community.
It was recorded that many people fled their homes after the earthquake and spent the night on the streets and in their cars.
Yesterday afternoon, at 20:04, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, whose epicenter was in the Defne district of Hatay, was followed by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in the Samandağ district of Hatay at 20:07. According to the first determinations, while 4 people lost their lives in the earthquakes, the international media gave wide coverage to the quake.
The British news agency Reuters presented the photos taken after last night’s earthquake.
Noting that such severe earthquakes occurred only 15 days after the earthquakes centered on Kahramanmaraş, the Financial Times used the headline “New earthquake hits quake-ravaged region”. The newspaper said: “Buildings that were damaged two weeks ago were demolished and there were deaths. “People had to flee once more,” he said.
While 4 people were claimed to have lost their lives in the quake, some earthquake victims got worse.
While the newspaper reported that many families made homeless by previous earthquakes began to stay in their cars, it recalled US Secretary of State Blinken’s visit to Turkey and the statement that the US would help Turkey.
BLOOMBERG: DESTROYED ZONE SHAKE
Bloomberg, one of the major US media organizations, also gave extensive coverage of the earthquake. The media organization said: “The regions of Turkey that are already disaster areas have been shaken by new earthquakes. The authorities announced the death of three people and hundreds of people are hospitalized.” “Regions devastated by previous disasters were shaken. Earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.4 and 5.8 rocked the region where tens of thousands of people died two weeks ago.
Security forces in the region helped those injured in the earthquake.
THE TIMES: HE ALSO FEEL OF EGYPT
The Times, one of England’s most respected newspapers, also announced the earthquake to its readers. The British newspaper, “Turkey and Syria were shaken by a new earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4, and buildings were shaken in Lebanon and Egypt,” it said.
The article commented: “According to initial estimates, the earthquake was much less severe than the earthquake that struck southwestern Turkey two weeks ago.”
“President Erdogan, who was under pressure not to intervene in a system that was slow to deliver earthquake aid and not to intervene in a system made by contractors, made new humanitarian aid promises,” the news said. On the other hand, The Times, citing the news from the US-based AP news agency, also claimed that some victims of the earthquake in Syria suffered a heart attack out of fear.
WALL STREET JOURNAL: HE CREATED NEW TRAUMA
The Wall Street Journal, one of the major US dailies, also published a full report on the earthquake… In the news, “The worst possible disaster in southern Turkey had already happened on February 6, and as As a result of the two earthquakes, at least 47 thousand people died in Turkey and Syria, millions of people lost their lives and millions of people were left homeless.
“The new seismic shock has caused new trauma to people in southern Turkey and northern Syria. It also reignited the scariest fears of the first quake, like being under rubble.
BILD: A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS MADE AND THEN REMOVED
Bild, one of the most widely read newspapers in Germany, told its readers about the earthquake: “The Minister of the Interior announced: There are 3 dead and more than 200 injured. The new earthquake shook Turkey”.
While it was claimed that the earthquake caused panic, he claimed that the European Center for Mediterranean Seismology issued a tsunami warning on Twitter, but this warning was later removed.