(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. Turkish Airlines
aircraft are supposed to evacuate 30,000 people from the disaster
area, Senior Vice President of Media Relations at Turkish Airlines
Yahya Ustun said, trend reports.
'Over 19,000 people were evacuated yesterday. Today, we're
planning to evacuate 30,000 more,' he added.
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 8,574 people have been killed, and 49,133 have got
injured in the quake.
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