Public sentiment regarding the recent earthquake in Turkey is largely negative, characterized by deep concern and empathy for the victims, alongside frustration over perceived governmental negligence in construction standards and disaster preparedness. Many express feelings of helplessness, sorrow, and a sense of karmic justice tied to political grievances, while some comments reflect a mix of disbelief and dark humor about the severity of the disaster.

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If a stone could knock down that building, that guy might have done everyone a favor. 

Assuming no one was inside.

LiverFox

That’s a demolition. The stone throw is nonsense

Haunting_Iron_9227

throw a Nokia 3100, you'd get the same result with an intact building

CptGreensmoker

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Watch_Noob_72

And they still voted for Erdo. So... deal with it Turks.

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I don’t know, kinda looked like there some charges going off in there.

EscapingTheLabrynth

He didn't cause it, just happened to throw something when it collapsed.

Jadey4455

mommasaidmommasaid

OBrienRules23

Not many men can find the right spot to hit though ..😜

Beat it up like rampage. ☠️☠️☠️

stonknoob1

Timed explosives inside.  You can see it.  Don’t believe bullshit titles.

BigAssMonkey

And he just happened to be filming? Obviously a demolition is happening and they just tried to time a throw perfectly to get a cool video.

wordswillneverhurtme

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

EssSquared

SolidContribution688

I hope you're joking. No, he didn't knock down a building with a stone. It was a controlled implosion. You can even see a few of the detonations inside, and you can tell by how the building falls. On a side note, why the hell are they standing that close to a building about to be demolished?

Original_Wall_3690

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caseystrain

Gesundheitler

dr0p8ear

Malicioussnooker

m0nza9

Technically took 3 stones, not a stone but wow. Crazy.

StandardWing2333

Well, I would like to say cool, except you literally see the charges go off for the demolition of the building.

jkoki088

Eyeroll4days

quest78

IsItJustMeOrt

CoJames0

Rambo6Gaming

A stone cannot do that. Even a little wind would put way more stress on the building.

TheMerich

The first rocks softened it up for the last one.

MathematicianFew5882

That was 3 stones, of course it fell down

turkey_giblets

Misteranonimity

Guess u shouldnt throw stones at non glass houses either.

DoctorHandshakes

BrightestofLights

kitastrophae

slash312

OrganizationGrand269

My family and I backed out on a trip to turkey this september. It makes me so happy

The villain in any anime in a crowded city after telling the MC “you’re not strong enough to beat me”

Similar_Pie_4946

EddieSpaghettiFarts

Specialised demolition companies hate this one trick

But hey, let’s re-elect the president that let the government and companies skip building safety regulations..

Holy shit, buildings falling on every side. Nightmare material.

GTS857

Wow. I've been in some big earthquakes, but not where I'm watching nearby buildings collapse in front of my eyes. How terrifying.

Claydameyer

Imagine the terror of wondering if you are far enough from the collapsing buildings.

kaboom

Some of these occupants had only around 15 seconds to escape before the buildings they're in collapse. That's so fucked up.

CreamoChickenSoup

Architect here. It’s called a soft story. The top of the building is stiff and the bottom is not due to wanting openness for parking or retail. Many of these buildings have this trait.

earthbacon

Note that this is the second earthquake hours after 7.8 happened. 

The destruction is immense and the state is in complete disarray. It’s been 30 hours now and rescue efforts haven’t even started in many places.

esesci

Serious question, they're on a major fault line and know they'll get earthquakes, right? So, why are their buildings seemingly not up to any sort of modern earthquake code?

I'm probably speaking out of my ass with lack of knowledge here, so yeah, please educate me. It makes no sense :-(

obinice_khenbli

Shit that's terrifying, I didn't expect bulidings to collapse on both sides.

AdamHiltur

if you watch the yellow building to the left, it twists but doesnt fall. the building next to the car doesnt twist and drops. engineering at play

gr4ntmr

Holy shit. I live in a city in constant danger of earthquakes and seeing this is a whole different level of terrifying. This is one of the scariest videos I've seen so far of the actual earthquake.

Vermillion_Crab

Seeing this makes me irrationally angry. Living in a seismic country and seemingly no one gives a shit about building properly. Not giving a shit about people's lives and consequences.

Miltrivd

Wow. That is truly terrifying. It's not enough to be outside. You need some real open space in order to be safe.

bishpa

And this is why building costs in America are astronomical. The over design and safety redundancies help prevent total failure of buildings.

I'm just curious here, but with all of the buildings collapsing, how much, if any, asbestos would have been released into the air?

solariszero

It’s so scary how fast the buildings fall after the shaking starts. If you were inside you would’nt even have time to make it to the door.

E6R2H9

GeorgeWight_

Any geolocation experts out there who can pinpoint this block? Very interested to see what it looked like on Google StreetView

weII_then

fastjeff

That's terrifying. Having an aftershock only a few hours after the main shock is a really bad thing to happen. 

I lived through the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010-2011, and aftershocks are the worst. You never know when one is going to hit, and when one starts, you don't really know how big it will be.

The scariest aftershock for me was when there was a magnitude 6, then a couple of hours later, there was a magnitude 6.4. 0.4 magnitudes makes a huge difference, and they were pretty strong earthquakes because they were shallow and close.

I hope the aftershocks will die down quickly.

MattTheTubaGuy

they got double-tapped. one 7 something quake early in the morning, then a bigger one in the afternoon. Wikipedia shows a couple active volcanoes in the region, I wonder if they're connected somehow.

m1serablist

What's the best thing to do in a scenario like this? Drive to the intersection where there's a bit more space, or stay put and wait it out?

smeaglegimligandolf

The holy shit factor is real. I literally puckered and said H.S watching them fall in unison. What a horrendous nightmare!
Edit: spelling

jhill9901

That's cluster-fucking-terrifying. My heart goes out to people lost, injured or that lost loved ones.. damn

I would’ve went and stood by a collapsed building when the first one went down.

People have to be stopping wondering what the hell is wrong with their cars then buildings start falling over

pofshrimp

The engineering society and the building code people need to get together and strengthen their designs, technical abilities and enforcement of the building code.

mancho98

are the building just built poorly to begin with? Should they fall over that quickly?

krejcii

Those buildings have shops at their entrance, the shop owners usually cut columns to make more space. This is why most of the buildings collapsed.

Their poor lungs from that debris dust :(

loudflower

Imagine having to make a decision whether to stay in the car for protection or get out in case something crushes the car and traps you in it.

sandyposs

Sad thing is that even apartments that were just built collapsed due to corruption. Buildings seemed to be unfit or dangerous for residency all of the sudden their status changed without any repairs done at all.

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Cultural_Algae_7015

These videos are absolutely terrifying. My heart breaks for all of those people in the rubble.

flowerkitten420

Been to Turkey so many times, how quickly they threw up new buildings was insane, it’s no wonder they fell down so easily. It’s awful to see

Phillb87

As a dumb American, I was like oh this is from the future.....

colorblindjedi

All the Americans are wondering how  turkey  already experienced June

Stoned_Black_Nerd

Jackwilltellyou

'Please send us more money because we have shitty safety standards but now we need your money to rebuild where we saved our own money before. bohoo think of the children!'

_Paulboy12_

Isn't this the douche bag Eerdgowan fault?  Buildings not being up to code?

funkysmel

I've lived through all the big earthquakes in CA of the past 50 years  This video is giving me PTSD. Glad I live in AZ now.

AuntieLiloAZ

Translate (may be bad bc rushed and I'm on mobile)





Help us! 
We are in the "seçkinler" apartment and in C block the apartment is in the opposite side of the town hall we are under the rubber our eyebrow is bleeding one of our friends is unconscious please if you hear this help us (repeats the address) we are in the office we are three people (says their friends is name) Enes Çiftçioğlu, Kadir Hakan Kılıç and me. PLEASE HELP.

___RIDER

If you ever get trapped like this, a good rule from I learned from EMS is to try and remain calm first. Don’t scream or yell. Instead find an object or something that can make noise nearby. Make noise by any means possible in 1-2-3 pause 1-2-3 pattern. Like knocking on the front door of a house.

Low effort of noise making compared to screaming will allow you to survive longer. The pattern is unnatural and very very recognizable to any human that is looking for signs of life in a pile of rubble.

Praying our friend in the video gets saved.

Ancient_Bags

We are seeing a person that is probably still in there in the rubble

841pts

Getting buried alive is probably my biggest fear.

Hopefully they get found quickly.

SchwarzerKaffee

Man I hope he makes it out. He needs to conserve the battery.

Shit, if there's ever a great reason for social media it's stuff like this, hopefully it works

SuedeVeil

Small update: I sent the reddit post to the red cross organization (which I am working for), active in Turkey, where they should have received the information by now and I hope these guys will be found soon :)

Sxpths

Some new information: These 3 men are saved from the rubble and  they are in hospital receiving treatment. it is confirmed by Kadir's brother.

Sea-Caramel4173

Jesus Christ the context and timing of this video makes this so crazy, maybe the craziest thing I've seen online. The things (read: horrors beyond comprehension) that technology and the internet have brought us never cease to amaze and frighten me

dracko307

I live about 200 km away from the center on the mediterranean coast of turkey in Mersin, it was felt very strongly here and the entire apartment was shaking like crazy i thought i was gonna die right there. If it was this strong 200 km away i cant even imagine how hard it mustve hit in the center

ObviousAlan_

Terrifying. Hope they’re able to get saved.

_immodicus

Damn, that must be devastating. 7.9 fuck that shit

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Sindirgi in western Turkey, causing serious damage and prompting emergency teams to conduct rescue operations.

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