Vice President Fuat Oktay said that the death toll in the earthquake in Turkey reached 5,894 and the number of injured reached 34,810. DEA News.
Anna Lyusina, formerly Associate Professor of Physics at Moscow State University said “Gazeta.ru” said the earthquake in Turkey was the result of rocks exceeding their tensile strength along the North Anatolian Fault. The seismologist noted that approximately every 30 years, tremors of about 8 magnitude occur in the region.
On February 6, numerous earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria. According to the Turkish Government Emergency Management and Prevention Agency (AFAD), after the first 7.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Pazarcık region of Kahramanmaraş, a total of 312 tremors occurred.
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According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the tremors in the republic have become the most severe since 1939.
After the incident, Erdogan declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces of the country.
Source: Gazeta
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