Hello everyone, I'm sure you've heard about the horrific earthquake, which struck Turkey

on 6 February.

As I'm recording this, over 25,000 people have been confirmed dead, and many, many more

will be reported so in the coming weeks.

Tens of thousands have been injured, and the UN is now saying that at least 870,000 people

need food urgently, while millions of people across Turkey and Syria have been made homeless.

This is an appeal for you to donate to one of the various charities which are rushing

to the scene at this moment to help the survivors.

I'm going to give you a little more information about what happened, and then I'll give you

a list of charitable organisations who you can donate to.

If you want to donate right now rather than listen to me talk, then all this information

is at the website, thehistoryofbyzantium.com, and on social media.

So briefly, at 1am on 6 February, an earthquake hit Southeast Turkey.

The epicenter was just south of the Taurus Mountains near modern Gaziantep.

The quake was measured at 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale, which is very high.

The cameras below 2.5 are not usually felt while those over 8 cause catastrophic damage.

Since it was the middle of the night, many people were asleep and trapped in collapsing

buildings.

Then just 9 hours later an aftershock struck some 60 miles to the north in the mountains

themselves.

This aftershock was measured at 7.5.

There are likely to be more aftershocks.

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