2011 Van earthquake caught on tape + IMAGE GALLERY & INFO ABOUT THE QUAKE

[Meatpie]

The 2011 Van earthquake was a destructive magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake that struck eastern Turkey near the city of Van on Sunday, 23 October 2011 at 13:41 local time.

It occurred at a shallow depth of 20 km (12.4 mi), causing heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey and being felt across much of the Near East. Extensive areas sustained heavy damage to their structures, thousands are feared dead.

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[feettartar]

Meat - i'm glad you use this site to also inform those who might not give a shit about what happens in this world other than just pixs of C D G's. Of all the ways to go, being suddenly squished into a flat piece of meat under tons of upper floors would be one of the worst. You're a good man, Charlie Brown!

[Meatpie]

Thank you, we have lots of interesting threads on disasters but also on politics and science topics, check our "Great Debates" section, I am sure you will enjoy some of the threads there as well. Cheers.

I feel sad every time I hear people getting killed in an earthquake, I've been through several myself and it's absolutely scary especially in tall buildings.

There is a good chance I might get trapped/killed in an earthquake, how does one possibly prepare for that? No country is 100% safe from earthquakes.