Countries: Syrian Arab Republic, occupied Palestinian territory Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. Description of the Event Date of event 2023-02-17 What happened, where and when? On 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. It was one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the Levant since the 1930 Turkey earthquake. There was widespread damage across an area of about 350,000 km². The earthquake was followed by another significant tremor approximately nine hours later, measuring magnitude 7.5, located around 59 miles (95 kilometres) southwest of the initial epicentre. According to the Syrian Ministry of Health (MoH) and UN figures, one year after the earthquake, this disaster had a human toll of 5,900 deaths, with 13,000 other people who were injured in the affected governorates (OCHA and Joint Statement UN RC and UN HC). More than 123 residential areas, villages, towns, and cities were badly damaged. Initially, a total of 10,600 buildings were estimated to have partially or fully collapsed in the major cities of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Idleb, and the countryside outside these urban areas. In addition, several power plants, water facilities, hospitals, and public infrastructure also sustained damage. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) reported that 6.5 million people were affected, which deepened the economic crisis and increased the burden on public services and sectors including health, shelters, livelihoods, and WASH. Three Palestinian refugee camps in northern Syria were heavily affected by the earthquake, Al Nairab and Handarat camp in Aleppo and Al Raml camp in Latakia. The Palestine Red Crescent Society requested the DREF to respond to the situation of the people located in these refugee camps. Prior to the earthquake, PRCS-Syria already implemented humanitarian actions with the Palestinian refugees in these locatio