The devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale that shook Turkey and Syria this morning it already exceeds 1300 deaths.
At least 912 correspond to Turkey, where there are more than 5,300 injured, according to the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an assessment of the damages cited by the agency. efe.
A large number of people were left among the rubble of the 2,800 buildings collapsed by the violent aftershocks and new tremors that continued to occur, according to the newspaper. The country.
In Syria, at the moment there was a record of another 473 dead and 1,382 wounded.
The Arab League called on international organizations to offer “emergency aid” to the areas in Syria and Turkey affected by the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake and called for them to move away from “politicizing” the catastrophe.
?? #TURKEY ‼️ Exact time of the second earthquake that struck at 12:24 local time, a building collapse was observed in #Sanliurfaa city seriously affected by the 7.8 Mw in the same early morning today.
Video: @journoturk pic.twitter.com/m6NxXCU5kG
—EarthQuakesTime (@EarthQuakesTime) February 6, 2023
The spokesman for the Secretary General of the Arab League, Gamal Roshdy, stressed that the Arab League “calls on international humanitarian relief agencies to move immediately to offer the relief efforts and humanitarian aid necessary to deal with the consequences of this catastrophe.” , from a human perspective and far from any politicization”.
In this regard, the spokesman conveyed the condolences of the secretary of the pan-Arab body, Ahmed Abulgueit, to the families of the victims and wished the speedy recovery of those injured in Syria and Turkey.
Syria’s National Seismic Monitoring Center said the quake, which occurred near the Turkey-Syria border, is the “strongest” recorded by Syrian systems since they came online in 1995.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which lasted about 30 seconds at around 4:17 Turkish time (01:17 GMT), was recorded in the Kahramanmaras region and occurred at a depth of seven kilometers, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) specified. ) from Turkey.
The movement has been strongly felt in 14 countries, including Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus and Jordan.
Efe/OnCuba.
