An earthquake of 7.4 magnitude occurred at 04:17 in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş province today. Surrounding provinces, especially Hatay, Adana, Osmaniye, Diyarbakır, Malatya and Şanlıurfa, were also affected by the earthquake. Here are the countries that extended a helping hand after the earthquake…
284 dead, 2332 injured and 1710 building debris! 19 countries extended a helping hand
Following Turkey’s call for support after the earthquake, the countries that declared their readiness to send aid to Turkey, whose teams set out and arrived:
- Azerbaijan
- Shipping of medical and other supplies by air started. Rescuers are getting ready.
- Russia
- Israel
- He announced that all medical aid and rescue teams were prepared to help the earthquake debris, and he would be in Turkey in a few hours.
- Pakistan
- Japan
- Poland
- He will send his firemen to help with the earthquake debris. Turkey officially accepted it.
- USA
- Iranian
- TRNC
- Belgium
- Italy
- Chinese
- France
- England
- Greece
- “We are mobilizing our resources for Turkey,” said Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis.
- Spain
- Search and rescue teams are coming to Turkey.
- Hungary
- Search and rescue teams are coming to Turkey.
- Armenia
- He requested to send aid to Turkey and offered his condolences.
- India
The news will be updated as new information comes in.
First statement from Vice President Oktay after the earthquake
The first statement after the Southeast Anatolian earthquake came from Vice President Fuat Oktay. Here are the details…
The sad picture in the Southeast Anatolian earthquake: 284 dead, 2332 injured! 1710 buildings demolished
It was announced that hundreds of dead and thousands of injured were reported after the earthquake, which was effective in the surrounding provinces such as Kahramanmaraş and Hayat and Adana in the Southeastern Anatolia region. It was reported that while nearly 2,000 buildings were completely destroyed, at least hundreds of them were heavily damaged.
In addition, Hatay airport was closed to flights due to damage to the runways. In addition, civilian flights were stopped in some provinces, especially in Kahramanmaraş and Gaziantep. It has not been shared yet when the relevant places will open.
Statement by Vice President Fuat Oktay:
“We experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 centered in Pazarcık, an earthquake that affected 10 of our cities. From the very first moment, we started to gather at AFAD with all our ministers and then we started to make the first interventions. Our President has been following and managing the earthquake from the very first moment.
We are dealing with extremely severe weather conditions. In these weather conditions, it was started to move to the regions as quickly as possible. We lost 70 of our citizens in Kahramanmaraş, unfortunately we anticipate that these numbers will increase. There are 200 injured, 300 buildings were destroyed. We have 4 deaths, 7 injured and 200 destroyed buildings in Hatay.
20 casualties, 200 injured and 83 destroyed buildings in Osmaniye; 13 casualties, 22 injured, 100 destroyed buildings in Adıyaman; Our 14 losses in Diyarbakir; Urfa 18 casualties, 200 injured, 60 destroyed buildings; We lost 80 in Antep, 581 destroyed buildings; 8 losses, 50 destructions in Kilis; 10 casualties and 118 injured in Adana; 47 casualties, 550 injured in Malatya and there are 300 destroyed buildings. Total; There are 284 casualties, 2323 injured and 1710 destroyed buildings.
We have 13 casualties in Adıyaman, 22 injured and 100 destroyed buildings. We have lost 14 lives in Diyarbakır. We have 18 casualties, 200 injured and 60 destroyed buildings in Urfa. We have 80 casualties in Antep, 600 injured, and 8 casualties in Kilis, our 581 destroyed building.
Aftershocks are the dangerous ones. If the buildings are damaged and not destroyed, a small-scale aftershock is likely to destroy the building. In the works, these buildings will be checked one by one with our relevant engineers.“
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