epa10329366 Motorists ride past collapsed houses affected by the 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, 26 November 2022. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB), at least 310 people killed and 24 missing after 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwest of Cianjur, West Java on 21 November 2022. EPA/MAST IRHAM
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Η καταγραφή σεισμών με επιστημονικά εργαλεία ξεκίνησε από τα τέλη του 19ου αιώνα.
Ο σεισμός των 7,8 ρίχτερ της Δευτέρας πιστεύεται ότι είναι ο ισχυρότερος που έπληξε την Τουρκία από το 1939, όταν ένας σεισμός ίδιου μεγέθους σκότωσε 30.000 ανθρώπους. Τόσο μεγάλες σεισμικές δονήσεις είναι σπάνιες, με λιγότερες από πέντε να συμβαίνουν κάθε χρόνο κατά μέσο όρο, οπουδήποτε στον κόσμο.
Περισσότεροι από 4.300 άνθρωποι έχασαν τη ζωή τους, ενώ οι διασώστες αγωνίζονται για να βγάλουν επιζώντες σε Τουρκία και τη Συρία.
Αυτή η σεισμική δόνηση, η οποία ήταν μια από τις ισχυρότερες που έπληξαν την περιοχή εδώ και έναν αιώνα, “τίναξε” τους κατοίκους από τα κρεβάτια τους γύρω στις 4 τα ξημερώματα της Δευτέρας, στέλνοντας δονήσεις μέχρι τον Λίβανο και το Ισραήλ.
Στην Τουρκία, τουλάχιστον 2.921 άνθρωποι σκοτώθηκαν και περισσότεροι από 15.800 τραυματίστηκαν, σύμφωνα με τον επικεφαλής των υπηρεσιών αντιμετώπισης καταστροφών της Τουρκίας, Yunus Sezer, ενώ στη γειτονική Συρία, τουλάχιστον 1.451 άνθρωποι έχουν χάσει τη ζωή τους.
Με αφορμή τα τραγικά γεγονότα της Δευτέρας, ας ρίξουμε μια ματιά σε 10 από τους χειρότερους σεισμούς στην καταγεγραμμένη ιστορία με βάση το μέγεθος, και τον αριθμό των νεκρών.
10. Νόρθριτζ, 1994
Rescues workers view the destruction of the Northridge Meadows Apartments early on january 18, 1994 after an earthquake collapsed the structure January 17. Sixteen people died in the apartment building. AFP PHOTO BOB PEARSON (Photo by BOB PEARSON / AFP)
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Μέγεθος: 6,7 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 72
9. Μεξικό, 1985
This photograph taken September 21 1985, shows a rescue worker sifting through the rubble of a collapsed carpark in Mexico City, after an earthquake on September 19, levelled parts of the city killing up to 30.000 people. (Photo by AFP)
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Μέγεθος: 8,1 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 10.000
8. Ασγκαμπάτ, 1948
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Μέγεθος: 7,3 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 110.000
7. Ιαπωνία, 2011
Japanese rescuers walk past the smoking ruins of the CTV building where 48 students and staff, including scores of Asian students, are feared buried in Christchurch on February 24, 2011, two days after a deadly earthquake rocked New Zealand's second city killing at least 76 people and leaving hundreds missing. A 'miracle' was required to find more survivors amid the wreckage of earthquake-hit Christchurch, Prime Minister John Key said on February 24, as the focus turned to recovering bodies. An English language school, King's Education, which was based in the building flattened in the 6.3 magnitude tremor, released names of staff and students on its website, saying the list was compiled with the aid of witnesses and education authorities. Japan's foreign ministry said at least 27 of its citizens who had visited the school were missing -- 10 from the Toyama College of Foreign Languages, 12 from two study tour agencies and five independent students. AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE (Photo by Marty Melville / AFP)
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Μέγεθος: 9,0 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 15.891
6. Ιράν, 1990
Women cry amid he rubble remaining from their homes 02 March after the devasting earthquake which hit the northwestern Iranian province of Ardebil on Friday 28 February, leaving at least 502 people dead, 2,000 injured and 36,000 homeless. (Photo by AFP)
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Μέγεθος: 7,9 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 142.800
5. Καντό, 1923
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Μέγεθος: 9,5 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 5.700
4. Χιλή, 1960
View 05 June 1960 of the remains of Corral harbour, in the province of Valdivia, Chile, after the earthquake and the tidal waves that struck the area 22 May 1960. AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP)
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Μέγεθος: 9,5 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 5.700
3. Σουμάτρα-Ινδικός Ωκεανός, 2004
Indian islanders make their way through devastated houses and buildings on Katchal Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 28 February 2005, caused by tsunami waves triggered by an undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Katchal Island is one of the worst affected of the islands having lost some 90 percent of it's population in the tragedy which struck 26 December 2004. (Photo by DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY / AFP)
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--FILE--Local Chinese citizens walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings after the May 12 earthquake in Beichuan county, Mianyang city, southwest Chinas Sichuan province, 12 May 2008. (Photo by YJEM / Imaginechina / Imaginechina via AFP)
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Μέγεθος: 8,0 Ρίχτερ
Εκτιμώμενοι θάνατοι: 90.000
1. Αϊτή, 2010
Haitians pass destroyed buildings on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. US President Barack Obama ordered a swift and aggressive US rescue effort, while the European Union activated its crisis systems and the Red Cross and United Nations unlocked emergency funds and supplies for the destitute nation. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. AFP PHOTO/Thony BELIZAIRE (Photo by THONY BELIZAIRE / AFP)
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