During the event, they A large number of citizens caught images of the disasterIt caused all buildings to collapse.
Therefore, a person residing in the city of Aleppo in northwest Syria, who only asked to be identified with his first name, Sako, assured EFE. “Many” buildings collapsed in the city, which is the commercial capital of the Arab country. “We were sleeping and suddenly the whole house started shaking, I live on the third floor and it was like it was breaking. I jumped out of bed, picked up my family, and went to the car; We went to the Villat area, which was a wasteland with no buildings, and stayed there all night.“, told.
As the man fled, he was able to confirm that buildings in his area were generally slightly damaged, as were his own, but that other parts of the city did not suffer the same fate.
The epicenter of this Monday’s tremor was in southeast Turkey, according to the Syrian official news agency SANA.
In the areas administered by the Government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the most affected provinces were Latakia, Tartus, Hama and Aleppo, the latter currently split between Damascus and the spheres of influence of opposition groups.
The Turkish government has sounded the highest alert, including the request for international assistance, and has sent a large number of search and rescue teams to the earthquake areas.