Turkey earthquake 2003 Turkey earthquake

In May, 2003 1 Japan, after an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred in Binger province in eastern Turkey, the central government of Turkey and nearby provinces urgently sent rescue workers to the disaster area, focusing on a local boarding primary school named Sertik Suyu. Twenty-five students have died in this school, and nearly 100 students have been buried under the ruins of the collapsed dormitory.

At the scene, the rescue work is under intense pressure. Parents of students who came from all directions gathered anxiously around the collapsed dormitory building, hoping that their children could survive. Whenever a student is rescued from the ruins, there will be a commotion in the crowd. The gendarmes who maintain order at the scene have to form a warning circle to prevent emotional parents from affecting the normal rescue work.

According to the news from the earthquake-stricken areas, Bingel National Hospital has collected 65,438+005 bodies of victims. Turkish Minister of Works and Housing Elghez estimated that the death toll from the earthquake exceeded 150, and more than 400 people were injured.

Bingel is a small town with a population of about 250,000. The industry is not very developed and there are not many high-rise buildings. However, most of the low-rise buildings are brick buildings, and their seismic capacity is poor. This is also a serious problem facing other cities in Turkey. Turkey is an earthquake-prone area because it is located in the earthquake fault zone. Due to the backward level of local buildings, once an earthquake occurs, it will often cause heavy casualties. An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred in northwestern Turkey, with the death toll as high as 1.8 million.