(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. The rapid
reaction forces of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency
Situations, sent to Türkiye, following President Ilham Aliyev's
instructions, to conduct search and rescue operations, as well as
eliminate the implications of a powerful earthquake, have arrived
in the fraternal country, the ministry told trend .
Currently, rapid reaction forces are being deployed from the
Turkish Adana city to join the search and rescue efforts in areas
subjected to the most destruction.
Earlier, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central
Türkiye on Feb. 6, 2023, 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.
Following the official data, 1,121 people were killed
and 7,634 got injured in the quake. As a result of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, strong tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
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