After the 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6 and the 7.6 earthquake disasters at noon, the heart of all of Turkey almost beats in the disaster area. One of the areas that was negatively affected after the incident was the internet infrastructure.
Internet traffic in Turkey decreased significantly after the earthquake
There is no doubt that communication has a great importance after the earthquake. Many people’s lives have been saved, especially thanks to the internet network. However, after the disaster, the internet infrastructure suffered a great loss. DDoS protection provider Cloudflareshared data on the situation of internet traffic in Turkey.
The data shows that internet traffic in the earthquake areas decreased to half of the previous week. In addition, although internet traffic has increased compared to the first days, the traffic is currently 8 percent lower than the previous week. CloudflareInternet traffic in the hours after the second earthquake 94 percent He said it was decreasing.
Number of buildings killed, injured, survived and destroyed in the earthquake -Current-
- death toll: 18 thousand 342
- Number of injured: 74 thousand 242
- Number of buildings destroyed: 6 thousand 444 – Belonging to the previous statement
- Number of people rescued: 8 thousand+
- Total number of search and rescue personnel: 103 thousand 800+ – From the previous statement
- Number of emergency health personnel: 14 thousand 429 – Belonging to the previous statement
- Number of additional physicians: 17 thousand 929 – Belonging to the previous statement
- Total number of health personnel: 143 thousand 829 – Belonging to the previous statement