In cities close to the quake’s epicenter, entire buildings have been reduced to rubble, while makeshift camps have been set up by rescue crews.
Thousands of people across swathes of Turkey and Syria were killed in Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake and the various aftershocks that followed. Tens of thousands more were left injured and without shelter in the freezing winter weather.
More than 8,000 people have so far been pulled from the debris in Turkey, but it’s thought thousands more are still missing.
Satellite images released by Maxar Technologies give an idea of the scale of the challenge for emergency crews over the coming days. They show in vivid detail the breadth of the destruction that has unfolded in towns, cities, and villages across the region.
Before and after satellite images show the scale of earthquake destruction in Turkey ||
- The images show how white emergency tents and vehicles crowded some of the busiest streets in the hours after the quake.
- Before satellite images show the scale of earthquake destruction in Turkey
- Before satellite images show the scale of earthquake destruction in Turkey
