Receiving a record amount of immediate international aid that arrived with 9,400 personnel from 77 countries, two 7.7 magnitude earthquakes with dozens of powerful aftershocks from a depth of 7km struck southern Türkiye on the morning of February 6th, 2023, leveling 10 major cities, with an estimated death toll of 40,000 people. Felt as far away as Israel, the quakes that impacted the middle east at large destructed parts of northern Syria as well. The tectonic movements caused the southwestern part of the Anatolian plateau to crack and slide 3 meters towards the Mediterranean, which in effect created tsunamis that flooded Türkiye's Iskenderun district. International relief efforts poured in at a historic scale and saved countless lives amidst harsh winter conditions, with several EU countries dispatching rescue teams to search for survivors.