At least 500 people died Turkey And Syria with an earthquake 7.4 magnitude in the early hours of this Monday and near the epicenter city. heromarasIt is in southeast Turkey and a few kilometers from the Syrian border.
The biggest memorable earthquake in the Anatolian country since 1999 – which was recently Istanbulwas 7.6 and More than 17,000 dead— caused the destruction of thousands of residential buildings in various cities in the region, for example Adana, Antakya, Kilis, Gaziantep, Malatya and DiyarbakirIn addition to Kahramanmaraş.
“Ours search and rescue teams They were immediately sent to the earthquake-affected areas. Ours Ministry of Interioremergency services and governors are working fast,” he said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In total, of more than 500 deaths, 284 of the deaths occurred on the Turkish side. from the border; others, more 230 occurred in Syrian regions controlled by the government of Damascus and beshar Esadespecially in the provinces Aleppo, Hama, Latakia and TartusAccording to the Syrian government.
But the numbers will only increase in both countries: the region is a cold weather and a winter storm Snowfall and frost are expected at least until Thursday this week. Also, according to the Turkish government, rescue efforts have only just begun and are currently hundreds or even thousands of people trapped under the runes of their destroyed buildings.
Television footage in Turkey shows how citizens try to remove the rubble at dawn and this morning to get their neighbors out from under the runes.
The main earthquake this Monday morning started at 4 am local time and is classified as 7.4 on the Richter scale. However, later on, several a dozen aftershocks Across the region, some have been as large as 6.6 on the Richter scale.
“Our request from our citizens is not to use the phone too much and to take their phones in their hands. telecommunication lines that they do not occupy and leave their homes and do not stay there. The Turkish government said in a statement that aftershocks could cause more buildings damaged in the first earthquake to collapse.