BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 10. Search and
rescue operations have been accomplished within the Pazarcik area, which
is the epicenter of a robust earthquake that occurred in Türkiye,
the Governor of Kirikkale Province Bulent Tekbyikoglu stated,
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citing Turkish media.
“At the second now we have accomplished our search and rescue
operations. This doesn’t imply that our work right here is finished. We have
simply completed the search and rescue operations in 872 destroyed
buildings. We saved 41 residents, 379 of our residents have been
injured. Unfortunately, 413 individuals died,” he stated.
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
the 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 stated 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 had been additionally felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.