Death toll in Kahramanmaras Centered Earthquakes Over 31 Thousand
Turkey is trying to heal the wounds of two major earthquake disasters. The first is 7.7, the second is 7.6 magnitude earthquake; It caused great destruction in Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Diyarbakır, Adana, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Malatya and Hatay. On the 8th day of search and rescue efforts, the loss of life rose to 31 thousand 643.
Turkey was shaken by two major earthquakes that struck Kahramanmaraş on Monday, 6 February.
The first earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 occurred at around 04:17 in Pazarcık district.
Death toll in Kahramanmaras Centered Earthquakes Over 31 Thousand
After this earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7, another earthquake occurred at 13:24. The magnitude of the earthquake, the epicenter of which was in the district of Elbistan, was recorded as 7.6.
Earthquake; It caused great destruction in Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Diyarbakır, Adana, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Malatya and Hatay.
After the earthquakes centered in Pazarcık and Elbistan districts, 2724 aftershocks occurred.
AFAD announced that on the 8th day of the earthquake, the total loss of life in 10 provinces increased to 31 thousand 643.
AFAD reported that 158,165 disaster victims from the provinces affected by the earthquake were evacuated to other provinces.
According to the statement of AFAD, a total of 238 thousand 459 personnel and 12 thousand 322 vehicles and construction equipment are working in the works carried out in the earthquake zone.
9,793 personnel from other countries were sent to the disaster area for assistance.
76 aircraft, 170 helicopters and 26 ships operate in the region.
Death toll in Kahramanmaras Centered Earthquakes Over 31 Thousand
”WEIGHT FOR 500 ATOM BOMBS”
Orhan Tatar, General Manager of AFAD Earthquake Risk and Reduction, stated that they analyzed both earthquakes and said, “The duration of the first earthquake is 65 seconds. The destructive effect of the second earthquake is 45 seconds. The region was shaken very severely for about 2 minutes,” he said.
Tatar explained that the energy released by the two earthquakes is equivalent to 500 atomic bombs.
10 to 170 thousand 902 tents, 1 million 507 thousand 494 blankets and 102 thousand 274 family life tents affected by the earthquake were dispatched by AFAD, the Ministries of Family and Social Services, Youth and Sports and the Red Crescent. Was established. was completed.
As part of the disaster psychosocial support group, 4 mobile social service centers were deployed in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Osmaniye and Malatya, and 1645 personnel and 164 vehicles were sent to the region. Psychosocial support was given to 110 thousand 650 people, 99 thousand 916 in the earthquake zone and 10 thousand 734 outside the earthquake zone.
HATAY AIRPORT OPENED
Vice President Fuat Oktay made a statement regarding the latest situation of the airport in Hatay, which was damaged in the earthquake. Oktay said, “As of today, we have started to use Hatay Airport for both evacuation and in-kind assistance.” aforementioned.
NOT ALL OPERATORS ARE CALL FEE
Oktay also shared the information that GSM operators will provide free service for one month. Oktay, “Türk Telekom, Turkcell and Vodafone will make all calls free of charge for a month after the earthquake.” He did an explanation.
