(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev instructed the Ministry of Emergency
Situations of Azerbaijan to send rescue forces to Türkiye, trend reports.
At the initial stage, emergency rescue forces numbering 370
people have been prepared. The crew is awaiting departure from the
Heydar Aliyev Airport to Türkiye.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on
Monday, 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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