A terrible earthquake shook the border region of Turkey and Syria. The tremor was so strong that it was felt as far away as Israel, Cyprus—even Greenland, more than five thousand kilometers away. The earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people in Turkey and Syria so far. Many people were injured. It is feared that the number of casualties may increase.
The earthquake struck at 4:17 am on Monday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a magnitude of 7.8. Earthquakes can be even stronger. However, how much damage it will cause depends more on where the earthquake is taking place, how deep the origin is from the surface, how the population is in the affected area, how strong the infrastructure is, including houses.
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