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Explainer: Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?

Turkey - Iskenderun - earthquake

London, UKReuters The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to be one of the deadliest this decade, seismologists said, with a more than 100 kilometre rupture between the Anatolian and Arabian plates.  Here is what scientists said happened beneath the earth’s surface and what to expect in the aftermath:  […]