Cities of turkey its not its not only a Tourist Destination but also its an Industrial City its not all it is known to be. With its Services Sector and the population is high in the city center thats why people are terrified and people are panicked because as the population is high in the city center the buildings are high too which means of dense construction but we dont have we dont have accurate reports about the scale of the devastation or the damage of the earthquake cause in the city and the buildings but to today this evening and tonight the citizens of israel pull out probably will not be able to go in their houses indeed. As they were afraid and plus they dont know they dont know whether their buildings apartment buildings have been stronger damaged or slight the damage to other absolutely and the earth quake. We understand struck around 12 or one g. M. T. Its 301 pm local time were know 2 and a half hours on from the moment that earthquake struck and theres not an awful lot of daylight left in the city and officials are still trying to get a sense of the scale of the devastation and its worth pointing out send them as well were bringing our viewers live shots of the city is near but this earthquake the reach of this earthquake and the effects of it have been felt as far away as ball as far away as the greek islands of some or so there are reports coming through that this earthquake was so strong it was felt in some parts of arsons so in terms of the city is a very large city but there are smaller towns and other cities in other regions which will have been affected where are the resources likely to go to i mean can we expect to kish search and rescue agencies to be able to cover the vast reach of this earthquake or are we going to have to see help coming in for him other parts of the worlds because this was a significant seismic event. Well apparently turkey has a well trained search and rescue operation especially because of the experience from 1999 earthquake that shook istanbul and the nearby cities back then that cost thousands. More than thousands of lives to turkey the search and rescue teams are always prompt to the point and they are known to be successful but of course we dont know what the real outcome of this earthquake is going to be sore for there are 4 buildings. That have collapsed according to governor but we dont know how many more buildings may have collapse in the coming hours or how many more people are trapped under under to rubbles but given the. Given the previous experiences this is something that apparently the turkish teams are able to manage because if from the surrounding cities even from istanbul medical teams emergency teams have been dispatched to the area but if the scale changes but i must say that the scale of the earthquake doesnt seem to be like the one at the very stated more devastating one that happened back in 1999 or in early 2010 is in a plan apparently the National Teams are about to manageable of course when it comes to those natural disasters hella even though you have enough teams or if you dont have enough teams even the enemy countries try to reach out each other probably im sure some other other countries have already made calls to the turkish officials for support and condolences but so far the last of the teams are on the ground as far as we know they are indeed sin and. Thank you for. Joining. Live from istanbul bringing us all the latest of course on this devastating earthquake that struck just around 2 and a half hours ago now the latest we understand at least 4 people have been killed at least 120 people have been injured certainly several buildings have been brought in the turkish city of is near but this earthquake which registered 7. 0 in magnitudes a coursing to the u. S. Geological survey that earthquake was felt as far away as the islands of someone else the greek capital athens and the turkish city of is stan bull were going to keep across this story for you bring you any updates as they happen there is so whats more ahead here on aljazeera including new long stones beginning as european governments try to slow the rate of Coronavirus Infections for us New Zealanders have their say on 2 Big Questions legal i think youve been easier at all in the Recreational Use of cannabis all that still to come after this break. The weather is largely set. 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Also those are the kenyan courts and sentenced 2 men to 18 years in prison for their role in a Shopping Center attack 7 years ago there were convictions earlier this month for helping alshabaab fighters stormed Nairobis Westgate mall and 201367 people were killed. Lets take you back to our top story this hour. Our earth quake that struck off the Turkish Coast spring you live pictures now from the city or is near several buildings have collapsed in the wake of that earthquake the u. S. Geological survey putting matter of cricket magnitude 7. 0 we understand that at least 4 people have been killed over 106 have been injured in this earthquake rescuers are on the. Across the city they have been advising residents in the area not to floods to these disaster scenes and not see use their cell phones rather to try and communicate with loved ones by s. M. S. To leave the lines clear for the American Sea Services so we will come back see this story when more comes in but certainly a very significant seismic event that has taken place off the Turkish Coast at least ford said more than 100 injured so lets bring you some other news now Health Ministers from across the e. U. Have stressed the importance of a coordinated response to the covert 19 pandemic there they held a Video Conference as france and the 1st day of a month long locked time e. U. Leaders earlier agreed to fund the transfer of covert patients across borders to ease the burden on individual Member States. Who were not powerless in the face of it after all there are hygiene measures and we can wear masks but we need to coordinate measures with the Member States not came across very clearly but its important that people take charge of their own responsibilities on a daily basis so im grateful for the show of solidarity amongst the Health Ministers and colleagues within the european union. Natasha butler has more now from paris on the year restrictions being imposed. I dont think were going to know whether this 2nd lockdown of the year in france will work for a few weeks yet but the french president tomorrow michael said it is absolutely necessary because he is saying that this 2nd wave that frogs are so deeply in could be more deadly than the 1st we have seen cases more than 50000 a day on some days experts saying here that its probably near a 100000 a day because so many people are not getting tested or are asymptomatic and those cases just going up all the time you can see it visibly in the streets as well the queues outside the barclays each day getting longer and longer and what the government hopes of course is this knock down this 4 week lockdown is going to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus. Its a strict a lockdown so i should say its a slightly less Strict Lockdown than the one in march and april in the schools will be able to remain open children though from the age of 6 will have to wear masks some businesses can remain open as well factories Public Services and that kind of thing nevertheless in terms of peoples personal freedoms they will not be able to leave their homes for more than a kilometer perimeter just for essential goods doctors appointments and that kind of thing so many people in france a feeling you might say almost a bit depressed about the idea of having to stay for weeks indoors again most people know that that could well be extended if the situation doesnt improve again people know that the Health System could be overwhelmed hospitals i. C. U. Beds a feeling that they understand why this lockdown is being done but that doesnt make it any easier in reality ok lets bring you more on our top story that earthquake which has struck in the sea we control mode c. Paul caruso. Physicist joins us now on the line from golden in colorado good to have you with us here on aljazeera weve been showing our viewers some of these devastating images of an area that sadly is no stranger to earthquakes but this particular earthquake seems to be very significant indeed why is turkey. Critics of this time. Well its because this is. The eurasian tectonic plate is. Meeting with the. North anatolian fault in that area and in fact weve had 29 earthquakes larger than magnitude 7 in the last 100 years in that area. The largest of those being a magnitude 7. 7 in july of 1956 and big earthquakes of this size we understand said that the turkish authorities are saying this is between 6. 6. 6 the u. S. G. S. Is putting this 7. 0 but either way these are very very large earthquakes in deeds and they are usually accompanied by a series of aftershocks are they not what sort of conditions are the rescuers on the ground likely to be likely to be working in given the size of this earthquake well thats right we would expect to see aftershocks from this quake in fact the largest aftershock weve had so far is magnitude 4. 00 that occurred about one hour after the main shock and we would expect to see aftershocks continuing. How do you explain the discrepancy between the different numbers that were seeing i mean certainly this is a chaotic scene at the u. S. G. S. Where you were kissing 7. 0 were seeing 6. 0 elsewhere what kind of explains the discrepancy between the numbers that were seeing. Well typically. When earthquakes are 1st released. There is a minimum amount of data thats choir and as time goes on we get more data in and also there are different methods for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes. We use whats called a moment tensor method which actually measures the amount of energy released by the earthquake. But the pictures that were showing our viewers right now you have several collapsed buildings words suggest that an awful lot of energy has indeed been released a given this is a very seismically active area and given the strength of the earthquake that we see how did i should authorities be prepared for this we know that other areas of the world which are very seismically active they have special reinforcements for the buildings but i mean is it possible to reinforce buildings and extent that when theyre hit by a 7 a magnitude 7 earthquake they wont come in or are these are things just so strong that theres nothing you can really easy to mitigate it well for a magnitude 7 earthquake they can definitely do a lot of mitigation and weve seen that in chile where they frequently have large earthquakes and they suffer. Little damage because they have experience with large earthquakes there the largest earthquake weve ever measured was the chile earthquake of 1960 which was magnitude 9. 5 so once they had that earthquake they started getting really serious about building codes also thats true in places like california where buildings have to pass a certain seismic code. Are there any kind of warning signs that people in these areas look for are there any kind that we know there are aftershocks which come after me quakes like this is there anything that gives people an indication of when its time to get. Well no ones found a way to predict earthquakes yet we do know that when we have a large earthquake like this there will be aftershocks and the rule of thumb for aftershocks is that usually the largest aftershock will be approximately one magnitude lower than the main shock so in this case its likely that we would have a magnitude 6 aftershock in this area that thats not necessarily always true and a magnitude 6 earthquake is so significant enough to cause more damage and sirens of advice that people should be looking out for when it if theyre in an area that susceptible to your quakes you often hear conflicting advice what should people i should people deal with this is there anywhere you do you recommend people insight into the open or is there anywhere to shelter from earthquakes what should people do if they are faced with an event like this well historically most people are injured and killed in earthquakes when things fall on them but the safest place you can be is in an open area like a soccer field or someplace where things are not likely to fall on you. Ok paul caruso there just with the u. S. Geological survey thank you very much for bringing us your expertise on this subject its great to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed if youre just joining us here on aljazeera were bringing you continuing coverage of that devastating earthquake that has caused Severe Damage in the turkish city of is near the u. S. G. S. That earthquake at a 7. 00 magnitude we understand several buildings have come down in the city of near a very large city has to be said one of the 3rd i think the 3rd largest city in turkey on the coast of the sea our correspondents sin and cos your who is in istanbul cinema what are the latest figures were hearing from the authorities this is quite a significant earthquake several buildings have been brought in are there any updates on the number of people who have been caught up in this. You. Can hear that 4 buildings have been completely collapsed after do earthquakes and 4 civilians were killed under the rubbles search and rescue teams were able to rescue the 70 citizens from on their derogate then we know that 100 at this 120 people have been injured of course. In these kinds of times and the figures and the scene changes in minutes so we dont know what happened in the last health an hour after we heard this information from the governor he said that there was a partial. Tsunami in cities started this strict of. There are some flood pictures on social media that you see this is in the safe it is sorry he said that its not a big one its totally contained and one citizen was injured this earthquake was very strong as also you have been saying it was felt even from the greek island summers because. This earthquake all saw was in the agency and according to the system go to survey ssion authorities there are 3 quick came from 14. 5 kilometers from under the ground so this is one of the reasons why it shoots so heavily it was totally felt in the nearby cities like that is the even and even some parts of it stumble felt the strength of the earthquake even though its. Its hundreds of kilometers far from each other but turkey sits on for. Its not only the western cold but its also on a taller that has a very active fault line also istanbul the largest city with more than 15000000. People it also sits on a fault line and turkey has suffered from. Many earthquakes including one that hit stumble and nearby cities back in 1999 when thousands of people were killed on their to rubbles and also another one that hits istanbuls system city avan in early 2010 and just at the beginning of 2020 there was another one at that the one that hit stumbles again turkeys im sorry is 10 city with so many aftershocks as well what we hear from the office shows and this is because thor it is is that aftershocks ever so many as several aftershocks after this 7. 0 magnitude earthquake hits turkeys 3rd largest city is married which has more down 4500000 population it is one of the most important cities inside turkey as its not as its blue touristic destination for both domestic and Foreign Tourists but also its an Industrial City and also its famous with its Services Sector and because of the highly populated city in the downtown is so highly construct that there are very Tall Buildings then. Just in the aftermath pictures we were able to see the small of concrete. Some buildings were collapsed so we dont have very accurate numbers right now because still search and rescue teams are working there are 2 amlin salar copters its 3 am 38 ambulances and 35 medical teams working on the ground just. In order to save the people and authorities are making calls to the citizens not to go and that to flock to the damaged areas as they are causing traffic jam and its causing problems for the search and rescue teams to reach to the area also theyre making calls just to use s. Im asked to contact their relatives or friends in order to not to keep the form 4 networks busy as its getting difficult at times ok live from istanbul thank you very much indeed lets get more now from goes the shekar global correspondent for the turkish news channel however global hes on is to is near no thank you so much for speaking to aljazeera whats the latest you can tell us here on root beer what can you see. As it stands. Actually more or less i will all tell you the same things because all we can know by now from the statements ok from the local media we have seen some footage is 1st as we saw from local media smoke was filmed in several spots which is giving quite good idea about the damage. 6. 00 magnitude earthquake centered in the agency at the depth of 2 16 and a half kilometers this is what happened and lets take a look at what we know so far turkish officers said at least 20 buildings collapsed in east near which people trapped under the debras and at least 5 sites mostly in viacom and born over of course 1st people ram they are trying to help but various threats guillotines have reached to the sites and ministry of health fire to encourage us says 120 citizens had been affected he use the word fact that we dont know they are injured or just left without home because the statement is different from disaster and Emergency Management presidency they confirmed and state that 4 people died and a 152 injured so far and 70 people have been rescued all Emergency Services are there racing against time of 53 vehicles and a 189 professionals 38 on the island says to under those helicopters rescue operations underway can searching for survivors with the hope of reaching them before sun goes down of course because in the evening the d rescue operations will be much more difficult and another important thing is the earthquake triggered a small scale of tsunami in saturdays star and also in greece in some of the island. People thought it onto the street goodness cutting fee water 3. 00 books already there are a lot more to right now we have 2 yachts and bone spur drifting from the car d from the harbor ok thank you so much for bringing us the latest there. Joining us on the scene do you keep it here on i will just see or Adrian Finnegan will be with you after a short break with the very latest on this breaking news a devastating earthquake this hits. 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Although i measure and for good this is the news hour live from doha d coming up in the next 60 minutes rescue teams search for survivors as at least 4 people are killed after a strong earthquake rattles turkey and greece the earthquake triggers a tsunami warning sea waters flood towns across the region. 18 years in prison for 2 men who helped alshabaab gunmen carry out the Westgate Mall attack in nairobi