Overview
On Monday, 6 February 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit just after 4 a.m. local time, that sent tremors for hundreds of miles and created disaster zones on both sides of the Türkiye-Syria border, including areas home to millions of people already displaced by the civil war in Syria. Over a week later, the Turkish and Syrian governments are reporting over 46,000 deaths. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, in Türkiye's Gaziantep province, at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles). The full repercussions of the earthquake are unknown, however, emergency and aid assistance are needed in an area that is already impacted by a humanitarian crisis.