(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8 . Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's order to declare a state of emergency in 10
provinces of Türkiye affected by the earthquake has been published
in the official newspaper of Türkiye, trend reports.
According to the order, in the Turkish provinces of Adana,
Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmarash, Kilis,
Malatya, Osmaniye and Shanliurfa, starting from 01:00 on February
8, a state of emergency is declared for a period of 3 months.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 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
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.
According to the latest data, as a result of the earthquake,
5,894 people were killed, 34,810 people were injured, and 5,775
buildings were destroyed.
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