BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. Another rescue
crew of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations numbering
227 folks was despatched to Türkiye, to assist get rid of the implications
of a robust earthquake and help search and rescue operations,
following the directions of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, Trend
reviews.
The crew consists of personnel of the State Fire Service and the
Special Risk Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency
Situations.
The airplane took off from the Heydar Aliyev International Airport
to the Turkish metropolis of Adana.
An earthquake with a magnitude of seven.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers within the Pazarcik area of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, and Kahramanmaras have been subjected to
extreme destruction.
The quake’s epicenter was situated 26 km away from town of
Gaziantep with a inhabitants of about 1.06 million.
Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority mentioned that
three extra earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep
province in south-eastern Türkiye. As a results of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, robust tremors have been additionally felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
According to the most recent information, because of the earthquake,
6,234 folks have been killed, 37,011 folks have been injured, and 5,894
buildings have been destroyed.
