So Far Azerbaijani Rescuers Rescue 37 People From Under Rubble In Turkiye
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more Rescuers rushed to Turkiye's earthquake-hit zones from
Azerbaijan have so far rescued 37 people from under the rubble in
Kahramanmaras, Azernews reports.
Earlier, reports said that the Azerbaijani rescuers
pulled out 26 people from under the rubble.
Specially trained rescue dogs of the ministry's
Cynological Service are used in rescue operations.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reports that on
January 6, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central Turkiye. The
epicenter of the earthquake was 26 kilometers off Gaziantep with a
population of about 1.06 million. The earthquake's epicenter was
located 7 km below the surface. According to Turkiye's Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority, three more earthquakes with
magnitudes of 6.4 to 6.6 shook the province of Gaziantep in
southeastern Turkiye.
At the time of writing, the overall death toll in Turkiye is
nearly 12,873.
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