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.
这场7.8级地震发生在夜深人静的时候，袭击了土耳其东南部和叙利亚北部。它的震中靠近加济安泰普——联合国教科文组织命名的“创意美食之城”，以其多样的菜肴和开心果甜点而闻名，是世界上最大的马赛克博物馆的所在地，拥有来自古定居点Zegma的令人眼花缭乱的大量藏品。这次地震非常强烈，世界各地的地震仪都捕捉到了它。地震结束时，整栋公寓楼被夷为平地，道路被撕裂，数千人被困在混凝土废墟下。