Thread: 6.0 Earthquake in eastern Turkey kills at least 51!

KOVANCILAR, Turkey, March 8 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake killed at least 51 villagers in a remote part of eastern Turkey before dawn on Monday, officials said, and aftershocks continued for hours while rescuers searched for trapped survivors.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepa...700T._CH_.2420

Wooow, its getting more frequent and its getting closer!

First Haiti, then Chile then Taiwan and now Turkey! and its only been 3 months since 2010 began...

Cant see us getting any major earthquakes the way the plates are, never say never though,

Originally Posted by DanMU

Cant see us getting any major earthquakes the way the plates are, never say never though,

God might not strike us with an earthquake, just look at the freak weather in Europe :eeek:!

Originally Posted by DanMU

Cant see us getting any major earthquakes the way the plates are, never say never though,

The 2 last big quakes we had in the uk i felt both my bed shook in the last one and the one before that in the 80s i remember the fishtank water all over the place lol

one by one, God kills his creatures. Soon, we'll be immortal in heaven

Originally Posted by Hukido

God might not strike us with an earthquake, just look at the freak weather in Europe :eeek:!

Yeh I do believe the climate is changing pretty rapidly and in the next 50 years we'll see bad conditions throughout the world including the UK

Originally Posted by uggla

The 2 last big quakes we had in the uk i felt both my bed shook in the last one and the one before that in the 80s i remember the fishtank water all over the place lol

lol I can remember one in the middle of the night maybe 10/15 years ago but it didnt do any damage as I can remember, actually come to think of it I think a couple of chimneys fell down lol:eek_old:

Damn .. what the hell is goin on with the world?

Originally Posted by DanMU

Cant see us getting any major earthquakes the way the plates are [..]

Hope that's true and also applies for Germany ..

Originally Posted by Redbullsnation

one by one, God kills his creatures. Soon, we'll be immortal in heaven

Even the bad guys?

Originally Posted by Redbullsnation

one by one, God kills his creatures. Soon, we'll be immortal in heaven

So you're some kind of preacher,lol :biggrin_old:

f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck!!!!

Originally Posted by strategix

f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck!!!!

F*ck indeed.Haiti,Chile,Philippines,Turkey(Asian part)...somewhere in Europe could be the next one :frown_old:

Originally Posted by patividi

F*ck indeed.Haiti,Chile,Philippines,Turkey(Asian part)...somewhere in Europe could be the next one :frown_old:

naw dude, its yet to hit the north american plate, which is why i'm freaking out lol

Thats 3 major ones in the past month or so, a little worrying...

My in laws in Istanbul said they had felt weak shakes in the ground when this happened... Alot of earth quakes recently in the southern hemisphere...

Originally Posted by patividi

F*ck indeed.Haiti,Chile,Philippines,Turkey(Asian part)...somewhere in Europe could be the next one :frown_old:

Apparently 90% of all earthquakes in the world occur in this "Pacific Ring of Fire"

This is indeed a worrying time,i live at the feet of two mountains here in Wales,God help us if we get an earthquake,whole lot will come down.

Originally Posted by Hukido

Even the bad guys?

yea (well most of em)