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BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. The rapid
response rescue forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of
Azerbaijan, sent to Türkiye to carry out search and rescue
operations and eliminate the consequences of a strong earthquake,
will work in the center of the city of Hatay and Iskenderun,
Trend reports
citing Turkish media.
It was noted that a team of 420 people will join the search and
rescue operations and work to clear the rubble.
The rescue team has already left the city of Adana, where it
arrived earlier, to the earthquake zone.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on
the morning of Feb. 6, 2023, according to the
European-Mediterranean Seismological Center. The quake’s epicenter
was located 26 km away from the city of Gaziantep with a population
of about 1.06 million. The source of the earthquake was 7 km below
the surface.
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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