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VIIRS day/night band power outage analysis for the February 6, 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Ghosh, Tilottama Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy Elvidge, Christopher Zhizhin, Mikhail
Ghosh, Tilottama
Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy
Elvidge, Christopher
Zhizhin, Mikhail
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2023-02-16
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On February 6, 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of about 11 miles (17.9 km) in Gaziantep province in Turkey (https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-relief-news-stories/2023-turkey-and-syria-earthquake-faqs). At least 120 aftershocks have been felt around the region, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). At least 41,000 people have lost their lives till date (February 15th, 2023) and the number continues to rise. The natural disaster has aggravated the preexisting humanitarian need in the region as many Syrian refugees are concentrated in the 10 affected provinces of southern Turkey, and Syria, and have been already suffering from over a decade of civil war.
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