On Monday, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit southeastern Turkey, leaving more than 1,000 dead and thousands injured. This followed a magnitude 7.8 earthquake earlier in the day which killed at least 1,014 people and destroyed over 2,800 buildings in Turkey, and over 370 in Syria. With the area still in turmoil from the yearslong Syrian Civil War, nations from all over the world have offered up their assistance.

The earthquake impacted an area extending beyond the Syrian and Turkish borders, being felt as far away as Cairo, Cyprus, Lebanon, Greenland, Denmark and Bornholm Island. The energy sent shockwaves through the region, registering on the seismic devices in both countries. In Denmark, seismologist Tine Larsen of the Geological Survey reported that the seismic waves reached the seismograph in Bornholm five minutes after the shaking started, with the east coast of Greenland getting affected after eight