The effects of the earthquake that took place in the morning today continue. 7.4 sized While search and rescue efforts continue in the areas affected by the earthquake, Vice President Fuat Oktay 284 deaths, 2332 of the injured He declared that 1710 buildings were demolished. Finally, a tsunami warning was issued by experts after the earthquake. Here are the details!
Kandilli issued a tsunami warning after the earthquake
The echoes of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 04:17 on February 6 in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş continue. According to Dünya Newspaper, Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Director Prof. Dr. Haluk Özener announced that they gave a tsunami warning for the Mediterranean region after the earthquake.
The explanation on the subject is as follows;
“Actually, the earthquake takes place where the borders of Kahramanmaraş and Gaziantep meet. We gave the magnitude of the earthquake as 7.4. It was at 04:17. An earthquake in a large area on the East Anatolian fault. It is estimated that it can break the 180 km fault.”
“This earthquake is the biggest earthquake after the 17 August 1999 earthquake. Unfortunately, we are experiencing an earthquake of that magnitude again. We were always saying, “When will an earthquake happen in Marmara?” If we live in Turkey, unfortunately, we have to be prepared for these earthquakes. We warned that this earthquake could cause a tsunami in the Mediterranean region.”
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 statement made by AFAD immediately after the earthquake is as follows;
”An earthquake of 7.4 magnitude occurred on February 6, 2023 at 04:17 in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş.
After the earthquake, 17 aftershocks occurred, the largest of which was 6.6 magnitude.
Earthquake; It was felt intensely in the surrounding provinces, especially in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Malatya and Adana.
Within the scope of the Turkey Disaster Response Plan, the level of the earthquake was declared as Level 4, and all disaster groups gathered in our provinces and in the AFAD center of the Presidency.
In meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, international assistance was called for in the field of urban search and rescue through the ERCC.
To support coordination in the region; The Governor of Kayseri was assigned to Kahramanmaraş, the Governor of Mersin to Hatay, the Governor of Mardin to Gaziantep, the Governor of Tunceli to Adıyaman, the Governor of Bingöl to Osmaniye and the Governor of Sivas to Malatya.
2 planes were assigned to carry the teams directed to the region by the General Staff.
All provincial AFAD Directorates have been put on alert and all teams, especially search and rescue, have been dispatched to the region.”
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