BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. The speedy
response forces of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency
Situations, despatched to Türkiye, following President Ilham Aliyev’s
directions, to conduct search and rescue operations, in addition to
get rid of the implications of a robust earthquake, have arrived
within the fraternal nation, the ministry instructed Trend.
Currently, speedy response forces are being deployed from the
Turkish Adana metropolis to affix the search and rescue efforts in areas
subjected to probably the most destruction.
Earlier, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central
Türkiye on Feb. 6, 2023, in accordance with the European-Mediterranean
Seismological Center. The quake’s epicenter was situated 26 km away
from town of Gaziantep with a inhabitants of about 1.06 million.
The supply of the earthquake was 7 km beneath the floor.
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.
Following the official information, 1,121 individuals had been killed
and seven,634 acquired injured within the quake. As a results of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, sturdy tremors had been additionally felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
