• The Netherlands will fly 15 metric tones (16.5 imperial tones) of search and rescue gear.
• The group claims that 8 search dogs and 65 rescue workers have not yet left.
• Turkish earthquakes have more of a “epi-line” than a “epicenter,” according to an expert.

Following Turkey’s fatal 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the Netherlands will fly 15 metric tones (16.5 imperial tones) of search and rescue gear there on Monday.

“It is expected that at the end of the afternoon, a cargo plane with 15 tons of heavy rescue equipment and other supplies will depart for Turkey from Eindhoven,” the Urban Search and Rescue Team said on its website.

The group claims that 8 search dogs and 65 rescue workers have not yet left.

The search and rescue team will comprise “police and military officers, first aid responders, and firefighters,” according to prior comments made by Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra.

“Shocked by the news of the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the many injured Turks and Syrians,” Hoekstra added.

Turkish earthquakes have more of a “epi-line” than a “epicenter,” according to an expert.

Reputed media outlet’s meteorologist and severe weather expert Chad Myers responded to reports of a 7.5 magnitude aftershock following the initial earthquake in southern Turkey this morning by outlining why the aftershocks have been so violent.

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