A major earthquake in Turkey and Syria that has claimed hundreds of lives was predicted by Dutch researcher Frank Hoogerbeets just three days before it struck. In a tweet posted on February 3, Hoogerbeets, a researcher from the Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGEOS), stated that there would be an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter Scale in South-Central Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. His tweet, which has since gone viral with millions of views, reads: "Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 #earthquake in this region (South-Central Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon)". This prediction has shocked and amazed thousands of users who have reacted and retweeted the post, highlighting the researcher's pinpoint accuracy. After his prediction became widely known, Frank Hoogerbeets expressed his condolences for those affected by the earthquake, writing, "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
