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<ul class="summary-list"><li>An olive grove was split by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6.</li><li>A chasm that is 984 feet long, 165 feet wide, and 130 feet deep now cuts across the grove.</li></ul>The Turkey-Syria earthquake ripped apart an olive grove in the country's southern Hatay province, leaving a deep, 984-foot-long chasm in the land.The jagged rift, which split the olive grove in two, measures 165 feet across and is around 130 feet deep, per the <a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/roads-railways-walls-fields-moved-by-turkiye-quake-report/news?gallery_image=undefined#big" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Sabah</a>, a Turkish newspaper. That's approximately the width of a football field and the height of a 13-story building. The <a href="https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1625170589236314137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1625170589236314137%7Ctwgr%5Ebfbeebe017f390d43105393964c5de9ebe34565d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FAJEnglish2Fstatus2F1625170589236314137widget%3DTweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crack in the earth</a> appears to be filled with large boulders and rock rubble. The chasm is close to the <a href="https://mapcarta.com/13222168" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tepehan village</a> in the Altınözü district of Hatay, which has a population of around 7,000 people, per the local newspaper <a href="https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/turkiye/depremde-hataydaki-zeytinlik-ikiye-bolundu-50-metre-genisliginde-vadi-olustu-2050700" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cumhuriyet.</a>Irfan Aksu, a man who lives in the area, told Cumhuriyet that he heard "an incredible sound" like a "battlefield" in the village as the grove was ripped apart. The 7.8-magnitude Turkey-Syria earthquake, which occurred on February 6 at 4:17 a.m. local time, left a trail of destruction in its wake. <a href="https://www.insider.com/drone-footage-shows-extent-damage-from-earthquake-turkey-and-syria-2023-2">At least 6,000 buildings</a> have collapsed in Turkey and Syria. The death toll from the quake has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/13/earthquake-death-toll-rises-as-few-survivors-pierce-misery-in-turkey-and-syria.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exceeded</a> 41,000 people.The quake's survivors are now in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the World Health Organization, or WHO, said this week."The needs are huge, increasing by the hour," Hans Kluge, the WHO's director for Europe said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO_Europe/status/1625439224181755907" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press briefing</a> on Tuesday. "Some 26 million people across both countries need humanitarian assistance."He added: "There are also growing concerns over emerging health issues linked to the cold weather, hygiene and sanitation, and the spread of infectious diseases — with vulnerable people especially at risk."

The Turkey earthquake sliced open an olive grove, creating a chasm right in the middle of it that's deep enough to house a 13-floor building

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hours after soccer player Christian Atsu scored his team's winning goal in Turkey, he was buried in earthquake rubble.</li><li>Atsu was found alive on Tuesday, and is being treated for his injuries, his team said.</li></ul>Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu celebrated scoring a last-second game-winning goal in a Turkish league game on Sunday. But just hours later, Atsu and his teammates would be buried in rubble after devastating earthquakes decimated the region.A former English Premier League player for Newcastle United, 31-year-old Atsu won the game for his team, Hatayspor, in Sunday night's Super Lig match against Kasimpasa, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/07/christian-atsu-earthquake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Washington Post.</a>Atsu was in a building that collapsed in Turkey's Hatay province when the 7.8 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks struck Turkey and Syria early Monday morning, the Post reported.On Tuesday, Atsu was found — injured but alive — in the destruction of the quake, according to the Ghana Football Association. "We've received some positive news that Christian Atsu has been successfully rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building and is receiving treatment," <a href="https://twitter.com/ghanafaofficial/status/1622876798223585281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Association said in a tweet.</a> The club's vice president Mustafa Ozat told BeIN Sports that other players and team officials had also been rescued, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/former-newcastle-winger-atsu-pulled-alive-turkey-earthquake-rubble-2023-02-07/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters reported</a>.But Ozat told Radyo Gol that the club's director Taner Savut "is unfortunately still under the rubble," according to the Post.The Ghana Football Association has not revealed what kind of injuries Atsu is being treated for, but said in a tweet, "Let's continue to pray for Christian."Authorities across the region say more than 5,000 people have been reported dead after the disaster, and thousands more are still trapped.

Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu was buried under rubble in the massive Turkey earthquake hours after scoring a last-minute goal to win a league game

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A rescue team in Turkey saved a couple stuck under a collapsed building for 296 hours. </li><li>Samir Muhammed Accar said he survived by drinking his urine.</li></ul>A rescue team pulled a couple and their son from the rubble in Antakya, Turkey, on Saturday, more than 12 days — or 296 hours — after an enormous 7.8 magnitude <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/turkey-syria-earthquake-death-toll-disaster-of-the-century-2023-2">earthquake devastated the region</a>. Samir Muhammed Accar, 49, his wife, Ragda, 40, and their 12-year-old son were transferred to ambulances after being found under a destroyed apartment block, the state-run Anadolu <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/exclusive-mehmet-oz-meets-with-quake-survivor-rescued-in-296th-hour-since-quakes-in-turkiye/2824020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news agency reported</a>. Their son later died at the hospital, and the bodies of their two other children were found in the wreckage, according to the agency.The father is conscious and being treated at Mustafa Kemal University Hospital, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, according to the Associated Press. Anadolu later released photos of Accar being visited by Mehmet Oz, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mehmet-oz-own-money-pennsylvania-senate-michels-wisconsin-midterms-2022-11">television doctor and one-time candidate for senator</a>, while he recovered. Accar told Oz that he disinfected and drank his urine to stay alive. Oz posted about his visit to Accar in the hospital on Twitter, saying that "devastatingly, his children did not pull through."The city of Antakya is in Turkey's <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2023/feb/09/aerial-footage-earthquake-aftermath-turkish-region-of-hatay-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hatay province, one of the regions hit hardest </a>by the earthquake. The disaster has killed <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/19/turkey-syria-earthquakes-death-toll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 46,000 people</a> in the country and neighboring Syria. Turkey's government and highly lax building regulations <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/19/erdogan-faces-backlash-over-building-standards-in-city-wrecked-by-quake" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have come under scrutiny</a> after the massive <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/64568826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapse of infrastructure</a> in the wake of the earthquake. Despite the rescue of the survivors nearly two weeks later, the head of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said that search and rescue operations <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/19/earthquake-rescue-operations-ended-in-most-turkey-provinces-afad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would likely end</a> on Sunday evening.

Husband and wife trapped for 296 hours under a collapsed building pulled out alive in the aftermath of massive earthquake

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake unleashed devastation in southern Turkey. </li><li>The quake and its aftershocks toppled buildings and sparked fires. More than 2,300 people are reportedly dead.</li></ul>Shocking video showing bystanders in Turkey running for their lives as a building suddenly collapsed in the aftermath of a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country and Syria early Monday.The dramatic footage from Urfa TV shows the residential building abruptly crumbling to the ground in Turkey's Şanlıurfa province, causing debris and plumes of smoke to fill the streets as people flee. The earthquake, which was also felt in Lebanon and Israel, has killed more than 2,300 people, Turkish and Syrian officials said, and left thousands more injured, according to the Associated Press. According <a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=usgs_quakes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to the United States Geological Survey (USGS</a>), the epicenter of the earthquake was in southern Turkey, 20 miles away from the city of Gaziantep. The Governor of the Gaziantep province <a href="https://twitter.com/gul_davut/status/1622410606795005952?s=20&amp;t=N1DwFuqWduxPEEA9_ti8hA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote on Twitter</a> that the quake was "felt strongly" in the region.The earthquake was followed by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock 11 minutes later and more than a dozen aftershocks have been recorded.Videos and images from the area show rescuers trying to pull survivors from the rubble.<div type="image" title="Men search under the rubble at the site of a collapsed building, following an earthquake, in Hama, Syria, in this handout released by SANA on February 6, 2023." height="852" width="1139" msid="97636306" hostid="261"></div>Roughly nine hours after the quake struck, a second 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit in southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria, according to USGS.Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said at least 1,498 were killed and 8,533 others were injured in the areas of of Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis and Malatya.More than 2,800 buildings were also destroyed, according to Turkey's disaster management agency. "Because the debris removal efforts are continuing in many buildings in the earthquake zone, we do not know how high the number of dead and injured will rise," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/turkey-earthquake-live-updates-19e7d84fefdeed4c8a355dedf23d914f">according to the Associated Press</a>. "Our hope is that we recover from this disaster with the least loss of life possible," Erdogan added. "I pray that God protects us and all humanity from such natural disasters."<div type="image" title="People try to reach trapped residents in a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, early Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country." height="1249" width="1666" msid="97636308" hostid="261"></div>In Syria, there were more than 800 reported dead. In government-controlled areas of Syria, the death toll rose to over 460 people with about 1,300 wounded, according to the Health Ministry, the AP reported. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, reported that at least 385 people died in opposition-controlled areas. "Searches for survivors in the rubble are ongoing, however, the death toll is likely to rise over the next few hours and days as people are remain stuck under the rubble of more than 149 completely destroyed buildings and 327 partially destroyed buildings," the organization said. The Turkish president said on Twitter that all "relevant units" were being dispatched to help people trapped under buildings."I convey my best wishes to all our citizens who were affected by the earthquake that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and was felt in many parts of our country," <a href="https://twitter.com/RTErdogan/status/1622423458821951492?s=20&amp;t=adZxRwcj_MmpOnowgQC_Kw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erdoğan</a> wrote. A tectonic summary from the USGS noted that "only three earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger have occurred within 250 km of the February 6 earthquake since 1970."As a result of the quake, Italy's Department of Civil Protection also <a href="https://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/comunicato-stampa/allerta-maremoto-possibili-onde-arrivo-sulle-coste-italiane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued a tsunami alert</a> warning citizens to move away from coastal areas.

Shocking video shows people running away as an apartment building collapses in Turkey in the aftermath of a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Photographer Mehmet Aslan has won the Siena <keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">International</keyword> Photo Awards for "The Hardships of Life."</li><li>His poignant photo shows a father and son left disabled as a result of <keyword id="11896847" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="syria" source="Orion">Syria</keyword> war injuries. </li></ul>A Turkish photographer has won a prestigious <keyword id="11898888" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="photography" source="Orion">photography</keyword> prize for capturing a bittersweet moment between a father and son. Mehmet Aslan won Photo of the Year at the <a href="https://sipacontest.com/gallery/photo/183651">Siena International Photo Awards</a> with his image "The Hardship of Life." The image depicts father and son, Munzir and Mustafa playing together outside their home in Reyhanli, in the Turkish province of Hatay, at the border with Syria.Mustafa, aged five, was born without lower or upper limbs due to tetra-amelia, a congenital disorder caused by his mother Zeynep's medications after being poisoned by <a href="https://www.insider.com/sarin-gas-weapon-effects-human-body-2017-4">nerve gas released during the war in Syria. </a>Munzir is shown balancing using a crutch as he tosses his son in the air. Munzir lost his right leg when a bomb was dropped as he walked through a bazaar in Idlib, Syria.While showing a beautiful moment between father and son, the photo also highlights a lack of access to medical care. Mustafa will need special electronic prostheses in the future, which, are not yet available in Turkey. The photo won in a competition between tens of thousands of images submitted by photographers from 163 countries.The winners will be on display at an exhibition in Siena, Italy, from October 23, at the <a href="https://festival.sienawards.com/en/the-festival/">Siena Awards</a>, an international festival of visual arts.

Bittersweet photo of father and son who lost their limbs due to Syria's civil war wins top prize

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image">Reuters Images/Umit BektasSupporters of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan wave <keyword id="6372909" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Turkey">Turkey</keyword>'s national flags as they listen to his speech at a main square in the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border May 25, 2013.</div></div>Want to live a better life? Then don't move to Turkey, which ranked dead last on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's new <a href="http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/">Better Life Index</a> for the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/10-worst-countries-oecd-better-life-index-2012-5" target="_blank">second year in a row</a>.
The <keyword id="6356984" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="OECD">OECD</keyword> — an international economic organization — analyzed its 34 member countries in 11 categories, including income, housing, jobs, community, education, environment, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety, and work-life balance. (You can read the <a href="http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/#/55555555555">full methodology here</a>.)
These are the 10 countries with the lowest overall scores, and we highlighted a few of the criteria on the following slides so you could see why.

The 10 Developed Countries With The Worst Quality Of Life

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSLIcEWX8T0">YouTube/MinWashingtonNews</a></div>A car with Syrian plates exploded on the Turkish side of a border crossing on Monday, killing at least five Syrians and five Turkish citizens, <a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria-car-bomb-kills-10-in-turkish-border-town.aspx?pageID=238&amp;nID=40874&amp;NewsCatID=341">according to Hurriyet Daily News</a>.
"We don't know whether this was a suicide bomb or whether a car that was smuggling petrol across the border blew up," one Turkish official <a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBRE91A0L320130211?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;rpc=932&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter">told Reuters</a>.
Part of the roof collapsed on the gate that was blown open, which lies across for the rebel held Syrian gate of Bab al-Hawa in the southern Turkish province of Hatay.
<a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamsJon/status/300979826041434113">John Williams of BBC News notes</a> that most journalists use the crossings to get to <keyword id="6354913" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Syria">Syria</keyword>'s north.
The car was parked at a crowded lot filled with trucks ready to enter Syria with humanitarian supplies, a Turkish foreign ministry official <a href="http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265726.html">told Agence France-Presse</a>.
Turkish politician Hasan Akgöl told NTV that the blast "is an attempt of provocation" since it is an area in which "rebel forces are strong and the Syrian army members cannot get near.”
The event is the first major spillover of the Syrian civil war since mortar shells from Syria <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nato-mortar-killed-civilians-turkey-2012-10">killed five Turkish civilians</a> in October.
Aaron Stein of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy, Istanbul-based thinktank, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2013/feb/11/syria-crisis-opposition-offers-talks-in-rebel-held-north-live">writes</a> that the blast "will force [Turlish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan] to address the mounting violence in Syria, which will in turn draw fire from critics for his failure to implement a workable Syria policy." He adds that "escalation remains unlikely at this time."
<keyword id="6372909" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Turkey">Turkey</keyword> has been the primary hub for opposition forces outside of Syria and the former Assad ally has taken in close to 200,000 of refugees from the 23-month conflict.

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