On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes devastated southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The first earthquake occurred at 04:17:35 TRT, measuring moment magnitude of 7.8. The epicent
![Clockwise from top: Collapsed buildings in Hatay Province; a view of the wreckage from Aleppo, Syria; Chinese Blue Sky Rescue [zh] and Iranian search](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Collage_of_2023_Turkey%E2%80%93Syria_earthquake.jpg/500px-Collage_of_2023_Turkey%E2%80%93Syria_earthquake.jpg)
Clockwise from top: Collapsed buildings in Hatay Province; a view of the wreckage from Aleppo, Syria; Chinese Blue Sky Rescue [zh] and Iranian search and rescue teams in Adıyaman; an assistance of USAID in İncirlik Air Base; and a tent city in Kahramanmaraş
Interferogram of the Mw7.8 mainshock
Cracked land after the earthquake in Gölbaşı, Adıyaman Province
An example of soil liquefaction and a partially tilted apartment building in Gölbaşı
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Christian Atsu Twasam was a Ghanaian professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, although he was deployed as an attacking midfielder or left back.
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
…staff of the local football club Hatayspor were initially trapped in the collapse of their headquarters in Antakya before being rescued, with player Christian Atsu and sporting director Taner Savut dying. At least 982 buildings were destroyed, 8,894 others were badly damaged and 943 had to be demolished in Defne…
Atsu with Ghana in 2015
Atsu (left) playing for Everton in 2015
Atsu playing for Newcastle in 2019
Atsu on the ball in a friendly against Mali 2015