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Russian "Kanopus-V" filmed the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey

13:30 15.02.2023 Science

The Russian satellite "Kanopus-V" photographed the aftermath of the earthquake in the southeastern part of Turkey. Roskosmos showed the corresponding picture in its Telegram channel.

It is noted that the state corporation involved "at the request of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, all the forces and means of the Russian space group for remote sensing of the Earth, as well as the means of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters for space monitoring."

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On February 12, Roscosmos published a snapshot of a tectonic fault after earthquakes in Turkey.

On February 7, the state corporation showed the consequences of the earthquake in the eastern part of the Anatolian Peninsula.

On February 6, Turkey was hit by earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6. It was reported that they became the strongest since 1939, and the World Health Organization recognized the earthquake in this country and Syria as the strongest natural disaster in the century in the European region.

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