This Man Predicted The Syria-Turkey Earthquake

A recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early Monday and has left over 2,700 people dead with thousands of more people still unaccounted for.

One man however predicted the major earthquake would hit Turkey and Syria and even tweeted about it days before it occurred.

Here’s his tweet:

Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 #earthquake in this region (South-Central Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon). #deprem pic.twitter.com/6CcSnjJmCV

— Frank Hoogerbeets (@hogrbe) February 3, 2023

The man who predicted the earth quake was Dutch researcher Frank Hoogerbeets

Even after he was right, he would be fact checked for it

My heart goes out to everyone affected by the major earthquake in Central Turkey.

As I stated earlier, sooner or later this would happen in this region, similar to the years 115 and 526. These earthquakes are always preceded by critical planetary geometry, as we had on 4-5 Feb.

— Frank Hoogerbeets (@hogrbe) February 6, 2023

Newsweek had more details to add:

A self-described researcher’s prediction has gone viral after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early on Monday.

“Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 #earthquake in this region (South-Central Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon),” Frank Hoogerbeets wrote on Twitter on Friday.

In the aftermath of the quake, his tweet has gone viral, amassing more than 23 million views and 25,000 retweets. One user noted that Hoogerbeets had “accurately predicted the exact area and almost the exact magnitude” of the temblor.

Hoogerbeets’ Twitter bio says he is a researcher with the Solar System Geometry Survey, which on its website describes itself as a research institute “for monitoring geometry between celestial bodies related to seismic activity.”

He even made a video about it on February 2nd:

CNN reported these details about the quake:

The death toll across Turkey and Syria has risen to at least 2,724 after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria early Monday.

The total number of injured climbed to 13,580, based on information provided by various agencies. Turkey has at least 11,119 injured people and Syria has 2,461 injured people following the quake.

The total death toll in Syria rose to 1,073. News agency SANA reports 593 across government-controlled areas and the “White Helmets” group, officially known as the Syria Civil Defense, reported 480 deaths in opposition-controlled areas.

The total death toll in Turkey has climbed to 1,651, according to Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay.

Dutch researcher @hogrbe who anticipated the quake in #Turkey and #Syria three days ago had also predicted seismic activity anticipating a large size earthquake originating in #Afghanistan, through #Pakistan and #India eventually terminating into the Indian Ocean. @AlkhidmatOrg pic.twitter.com/qdg4xxREGf

— Muhammad Ibrahim Qazi (@miqazi) February 6, 2023