(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. Two search and
rescue teams from the US will be sent to Türkiye to help victims of
the earthquake, CNN reported, trend reports citing Interfax.
'We are talking about two teams from the USA. One from Fairfax
County, one from Los Angeles - the so-called heavy units, each of
which, I think, has 70 people - personnel with search dogs, as well
as paramedics,' TV channel quotes US Ambassador to Türkiye Jeff
Flake.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on
the morning of 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. As a result of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, strong tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
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