New Delhi: A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake wreaked unprecedented havoc in Turkey & Syria this Monday and brought widespread devastation in the region.
Many buildings were razed to rubble across various cities while at many places, several people were feared to be trapped under the debris. The quake with 7.8 intensity resulted in death of more than 4,000 while leaving thousands displaced & homeless.
While rescuers were making a frantic search for missing persons, two consequent earthquakes rocked the region again.
The quake’s epicenter was said to be in Gaziantep city, located about 90 kms from the Syrian border.
Though, life is limping back to normalcy after horrific tale of destruction & despair, a tweet is getting viral, where a
Dutch expert had apparently forecasted about the colossal quake in advance. Frank Hoogerbeets reportedly had a premonition of large-scale devastation in Turkey & Syria region and he also took to Twitter to predict about the impending catastrophe.
Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 #earthquake in this region (South-Central Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon). #deprem pic.twitter.com/6CcSnjJmCV
— Frank Hoogerbeets (@hogrbe) February 3, 2023
The expert, working with Netherlands based Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGS) had apparently predicted quake on February 3, 2023, just three days ago.
“Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 earthquake in this region (South-Central Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon),” the Dutch expert Frank Hoogerbeets had tweeted.
According to a report in Daily Sabah, an earthquake expert had also predicted about a major quake in the region in December 2022.
What Expert tweeted after quake hit Turkey
After the Dutch expert’s prediction on quake went viral, he responded saying, “As I stated earlier, sooner or later this would happen in this region, similar to the years 115 and 526. These earthquakes are always preceded by critical planetary geometry, as we had on 4-5 Feb.”
My heart goes out to everyone affected by the major earthquake in Central Turkey.
As I stated earlier, sooner or later this would happen in this region, similar to the years 115 and 526. These earthquakes are always preceded by critical planetary geometry, as we had on 4-5 Feb.
— Frank Hoogerbeets (@hogrbe) February 6, 2023
SSGS describes itself as a research institute for monitoring geometry between celestial bodies.
