At least 39 people were pulled from the rubble in Latakia following the earthquake, the local news agency reported. TO YOU.
Latakia fire chief Lieutenant Colonel Muhannad Jaafar said that Syrian Arab Army soldiers, police officers, firefighters and civil defense personnel helped in this regard. The bodies of many victims were also recovered from the rubble.
Jaafar said that all forces and equipment of the Latakia fire brigade have been put on high alert to respond to distress calls. Search and rescue efforts continue.
On February 6, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 occurred in seven provinces of Turkey. The epicenter of the earthquake was Pazarcık region of Kahramanmaraş province. Then the media reported several more earthquakes in the central and eastern parts of the country. According to CNN Turk, there were a total of 105 tremors.
According to the latest information, dead 1014 people, 2824 buildings were destroyed.
The media also wrote about earthquakes in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. 403 people died in Syria, about 1,300 people were injured.