Huge earthquake hits Turkey

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#1 Kcube
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/23/world/europe/turkey-earthquake/index.html Just bropke in the news so I dont have alot to add to this other then the pics they are showing is terrible and A LOT of damage.
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#2 Pirate700
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7.3 isn't huge. Sad to see the damage though over there.

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#3 -Tish-
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

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#4 BiscuitCruiser
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

-Tish-

:lol:

That was terrible.

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#5 pspdseagle
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

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-Tish-

Weak attempt :D

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#6 GazaAli
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[QUOTE="-Tish-"]

Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

BiscuitCruiser

:lol:

That was terrible.

didn't get it :(
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#7 BiscuitCruiser
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[QUOTE="BiscuitCruiser"]

[QUOTE="-Tish-"]

Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

GazaAli

:lol:

That was terrible.

didn't get it :(

You eat turkey for thanksgiving.

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#8 jetpower3
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[QUOTE="BiscuitCruiser"]

[QUOTE="-Tish-"]

Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

GazaAli

:lol:

That was terrible.

didn't get it :(

Turkey (the animal) is eaten during a holiday called Thanksgiving in the U.S. during November.

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#9 GazaAli
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Awwww I get it now, he was referring to the bird lol
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#10 Victorious_Fize
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Screw the buildings, I hope no one's hurt. :(
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#11 Oil_Rope_Bombs
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

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-Tish-

Thanks for posting a pun. OT lacks these :D

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#12 Ace6301
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7.3 isn't huge. Sad to see the damage though over there.

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Yeah it is, at least huge enough to kill quite a few people and wreck **** up. 1989 San Fran earthquake was 6.9 and it messed their stuff up pretty bad. It's just not the worst earthquake this year, but not everyone is Japan or Chile.

http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Gundem/SonDakika.aspx?aType=SonDakikaGaleri&ArticleID=1454183&PAGE=1 Pictures.
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#13 ps3rev
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Wait no one has said its becasue the world is about to end yet?

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#14 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

7.3 isn't huge. Sad to see the damage though over there.

Ace6301

Yeah it is, at least huge enough to kill quite a few people and wreck **** up. 1989 San Fran earthquake was 6.9 and it messed their stuff up pretty bad. It's just not the worst earthquake this year, but not everyone is Japan or Chile.

http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Gundem/SonDakika.aspx?aType=SonDakikaGaleri&ArticleID=1454183&PAGE=1 Pictures.

The easter quake here in SD/northern mexico last yearwas a 7.3. It's not a huge quake. It didn't even interrupt my TV watching. It killed people in Turkey because the buildings are ancient and poorly built.

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#15 Oil_Rope_Bombs
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Wait no one has said its becasue the world is about to end yet?

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The dude who said that the world would end on 21st october should really go away. His predictions bring bad luck :(
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#16 hartsickdiscipl
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It's not a huge quake. It didn't even interrupt my TV watching. It killed people in Turkey because the buildings are ancient and poorly built.

Pirate700

First of all, yes.. a 7.2 or 7.3 IS a huge quake. However, it's not all about the magnitude of the quake. Just as big a factor is the makeup of the earth in the location where the event happens. For example- A 7.3 quake in the eastern US would be far more devastating than one in California, due to the fact that the Eastern bedrock carries seismic energy MUCH more effectively than the ground in California. I don't know that much about the bedrock in Turkey, but it's possible that it transmits energy much more efficiently than in some other areas, such as California.

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#17 The_Gaming_Baby
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Screw the buildings, I hope no one's hurt. :(Victorious_Fize
So far 45 people have been killed.
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#18 Ace6301
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[QUOTE="Victorious_Fize"]Screw the buildings, I hope no one's hurt. :(The_Gaming_Baby
So far 45 people have been killed.

I heard 87 killed more than 1000 wounded.
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#19 th3warr1or
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Sucks for them.
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#20 WiiMan21
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Not good at all, I hope that they can recover from this

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#21 Kevz0
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

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:lol: I dunno what was more fun, the .gif or the joke.

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#22 Blabadon
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That's terrible. :(

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#23 leapMC
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Is it just me, or is there just a lack of people home during earthquakes of this magnitude? You never see headlines of a hotel being plucked dry of thousands of bodies.

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#24 Ace6301
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Is it just me, or is there just a lack of people home during earthquakes of this magnitude? You never see headlines of a hotel being plucked dry of thousands of bodies.

leapMC
I'd say it's because a building isn't going to just fall over instantly, even very old ones. Fronts and that will fall off and entire buildings may collapse but it takes time and I doubt most people are willing to risk it. Now if there was a 9.0 earthquake in a place like Turkey or other places that use fairly "brittle" building materials you'd probably see what you described.
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#25 lonewolf604
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

Laughing Monkey

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Well jokes on you because Canadians had their thanksgiving 3 weeks ago.

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#26 JustPlainLucas
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I'm not telling my mom about this one. Every earthquake she hears makes her think the end is one day closer.
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#27 surrealnumber5
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Poor turkey. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet.

Laughing Monkey

-Tish-

well my joke was done, but seriously, if we did not have that molten core we would not have all of these earthquake problems, if only a politician would stand up and fix this problem