(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7 . Azerbaijan has
sent another batch of humanitarian aid to the Türkiye earthquake
victims, trend reports.
Following the instructions of President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, another aircraft carrying humanitarian aid flew to Türkiye.
The aid supplies include tents, warm blankets, heaters, and a
mobile field hospital.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 has hit southeastern
Türkiye on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of
seven kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province.
The provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya,
Adiyaman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana and Kahramanmaras were
subjected to the severe destruction.
The quake's epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million.
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.
As many as 3,432 people have been killed, 21,103 have got
injured in the quake, and 5,775 buildings have been destroyed, so
far. More than 8,000 people have been rescued from the rubble.
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