(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 11. Following
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's order, the rescue forces of
the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations continue search
and rescue efforts in Türkiye to eliminate the destructing quake
implications, the ministry told trend .
As a result of the operation, a 15-year-old girl named Aisha was
pulled from the rubble 105 hours after the quake in Kahramanmaras
province, thanks to the courage and professionalism of Azerbaijani
rescuers.
The ministry will update the public on the progress of
operations.
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 severe
destruction.
The quake's epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. Following the
latest data, 20,318 people have been killed, and 80,088 have got
injured in the quake.
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