(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. Residents of
Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic deliver humanitarian
assistance to the Turkish Consulate General in Nakhchivan for the
victims of the Türkiye earthquake, trend reports.
The humanitarian aid batch includes food, warm clothes, and
essential supplies.
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 3,549 people have been killed, 22,168 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.
Türkiye has declared seven days of national mourning after
earthquakes rocked southern provinces of the country.
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