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by layer8 1231 days ago
The 1999 Izmit earthquake (similar magnitude, different region) had 17000 deaths. Hopefully less this time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Turkey

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I remember that one. Lots of people here in NL lost family then. NL is home to 400K+ people with Turkish roots.