(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. Representatives
of the United Nations (UN) will visit the quake-hit areas of
Türkiye in the coming days, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the
UN Secretary General, said, trend reports.
According to him, UN Secretary-General António Guterres
contacted the leaders of the countries affected by the earthquake
and said that the organization's emergency response teams had been
mobilized in the region.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake 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.
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