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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c93CfreycPc

 

[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.

 

[Art Of War]

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!

Totally agree 110%

 

[Art Of War]

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.

Coming from a earthquake nation totally understand.
Since the New Zealand earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in Christchurch, I am more on edge and one way I cope is mentally try and figure escape routes in new places, if I can escape that is.

A story of the 2011 earthquake that sticks in my mind is the 5 survivors who survived for 12 hours in the rubble and died suddenly due to the rubble collapsed on them and how a few survivors died in the flames and may even have drowned in attempts to put the fire out.

I am hoping for a quick death in a earthquake.