(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. In accordance
with the instructions of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,
another aircraft with the necessary aid and equipment to eliminate
the consequences of a natural disaster headed to Türkiye, trend reports.
A mobile field hospital of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency
Situations with 41 people is being sent. The plane will land at
Adana Airport. The second plane will be sent soon.
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.
According to the latest data, as a result of the earthquake,
2,921 people were killed and 15,834 people were injured.
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