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On August 17th, 1999 Turkey was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. It lasted for 45 seconds and killed over 17,000 people. This is an important event because it was the strongest earthquake to ever hit Turkey and under Bill Clinton’s presidential leadership, help arrived to Turkey on August 18th; exactly one day after the catastrophe. The following video illustrates the aftermath of the devasting earthquake and the effects it had on the residents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1AD9rbrb8

This video was obtained in YouTube.