BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. During search and
rescue operations performed within the Türkiye’s Kahramanmarash
severely affected by the earthquake, rescuers of the Azerbaijani
Ministry of Emergency Situations saved 11 individuals from the rubble,
and likewise pulled 20 our bodies, Trend stories.
Additional data will likely be supplied on the standing of rescue
operations.
In accordance with the instruction of President Ilham Aliyev,
rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan are
working within the catastrophe zone to be able to get rid of the implications
of a powerful earthquake in Türkiye and assist search and rescue
operations within the fraternal nation.
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 had been
subjected to extreme destruction.
The quake’s epicenter was positioned 26 km away from the
metropolis 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, sturdy tremors had been additionally felt in
Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Cyprus.
According to the most recent knowledge, because of the
earthquake, 5,554 individuals had been killed, 26,721 individuals had been injured,
and 5,775 buildings had been destroyed.