{"665491":{"#nid":"665491","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"More than 2,300 dead as powerful quake hits southern Turkey and Syria","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 2,300 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/turkey-earthquake-latest-020623\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ea devastating earthquake\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border.\u0026nbsp;One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in a century shook residents from their beds at around 4 a.m. on Monday, sending tremors as far away as Lebanon and Israel. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lang-dr-karl\u0022\u003EKarl Lang\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;told CNN the area hit by the quake Monday is prone to seismic activity. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a very large fault zone, but this is a larger earthquake than they\u0026rsquo;ve experienced any time in recent memory,\u0026rdquo; Lang said. (Lang\u0026#39;s comments\u0026nbsp;also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kake.com\/story\/48313579\/nearly-200-dead-as-78-magnitude-earthquake-hits-southern-turkey\u0022\u003EKake.com\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/earthquake-turkey-syria-death-toll-map\/12783049\/\u0022\u003EABC7 Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/explained-why-turkey-is-prone-to-devastating-earthquakes\/article66476957.ece\u0022\u003EThe Hindu\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/turkey-earthquake-gaziantep-castle-dating-back-roman-empire-collapses-1779127\u0022\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-06 15:28:28","changed_gmt":"2023-02-20 16:35:43","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/05\/europe\/earthquake-hits-turkey-intl-hnk\/index.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"192078","name":"Karl Lang"},{"id":"12120","name":"earthquakes"},{"id":"192079","name":"Turkey earthquakes"},{"id":"192080","name":"fault zone"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}