It came in the dead of night, an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude that hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. Its epicentre was close to Gaziantep — Unesco Creative City of Gastronomy, famous for its diverse cuisine and sweet pistachio pastries, home to the world’s largest mosaic museum with a mesmerising collection from the ancient settlement of Zeugma. The shaking was so powerful that it was caught by seismometers all over the world. By the time it was over, it had flattened whole apartment blocks, ripped up roads and trapped thousands of people under piles of concrete.
這場7.8級地震發生在夜深人靜的時候，襲擊了土耳其東南部和敘利亞北部。它的震中靠近加濟安泰普——聯合國教科文組織命名的「創意美食之城」，以其多樣的菜餚和開心果甜點而聞名，是世界上最大的馬賽克博物館的所在地，擁有來自古定居點Zegma的令人眼花繚亂的大量藏品。這次地震非常強烈，世界各地的地震儀都捕捉到了它。地震結束時，整棟公寓樓被夷爲平地，道路被撕裂，數千人被困在混凝土廢墟下。