BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 12. Upon the
instruction of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the rescue
forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations continue search and
rescue operations to eliminate the consequences of the devastating
earthquake in Türkiye, Trend reports citing the ministry.
According to the ministry, as a result of search and rescue
operations carried out by rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency
Situations in the Kahramanmarash region, which was seriously
affected by the earthquake, 51 people have been rescued, and bodies
of 518 people were pulled from the rubble.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras were subjected to
severe destruction.
The quake’s epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million.
Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said that
three more earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep
province in south-eastern Türkiye. As a result of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, strong tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
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