On February 6, a major earthquake and strong aftershocks struck southern Turkey. Chinese women's soccer international Li Jiayue, who plays for the Turkish Super League, was also hit by the earthquake. Fortunately, she also posted updates on social media.
In February 2022, Li Jiayue won the Asian Cup with the Chinese women's soccer team as a starting center back.
At the beginning of this year, Li Jiayue joined Galatasaray Women's Football Team in Turkey and became the 13th person of the study abroad women's football team. After gradually adapting to the new team, she got a chance to start in several consecutive matches and performed well.
According to the official determination of the China Earthquake Network, four earthquakes struck Turkey within February 6, at 09:17, 09:28, 18:24 and 20:02 GMT, with a magnitude of 5.9 and a depth of 20 kilometers.
So far, at least 1,417 people have been killed in Turkey and Syria, thousands have been injured and many houses have collapsed.
This afternoon, women's international soccer player Li Jiayue recorded a video saying she followed her team to the away game in Adana, close to the epicenter. At 4 a.m., she was awakened in her sleep by the shock that her house was about to fall, and then fled with the whole team, many of whom cried in fear.
After the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck again, Li Jiayue wrote on her personal microblog tonight that the women's soccer players were on their way to escape when they encountered a strong aftershock and a blizzard, and I broke down.
Li Jiayue posted a video of herself shivering in the wind and snow. "We were evacuated from the Adana Hotel before the magnitude 8 aftershock and are now on our way to Ankara. But Ankara also had a 6.3 magnitude earthquake and now the whole highway is full of bad and extreme weather, heavy snow and strong winds. Come on, I don't know what's going to happen next, but I hope everyone is safe."
In response, netizens have said, "Safety first, I wish everything safe," "May our compatriots there be safe," "It's too hard, girl," and " Women's soccer girls have to protect themselves!" "If you find clothes, wear more clothes" and "Wear more clothes! Bring some food! Pray for peace!" "Take care of it. If you can't get an arrangement, contact the embassy for help. Safety first, come on.", "Come on, the people are behind you.", "Be more careful, take care of yourself.", "Brothers. Pay attention to safety, report safety every few minutes", "Be sure to do a good job of protection, protect yourself, and then help others", "Be sure to pay attention to safety, really can not go home first to avoid", "Be safe, watch out for aftershocks! Pay attention to keep warm!" "Love sister, must be safe, really can not hide in the car, bad weather also be careful of fever".
