(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 9. Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis (Parliament) has launched a charity
campaign for victims of the earthquake in Türkiye, said Tahir
Mirkishili Chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Economic
Policy, Industries, and Enterprising at today's meeting of the
committee, trend reports.
'MPs and employees of the Milli Majlis decided to
support the initiative of Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova
on assisting victims of the earthquake in Türkiye,' he said.
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, 12,873 people have been
killed, and 62,937 have got injured in the quake.
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