The number of victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkey reached 20665, more than 80 thousand people were injured, more than 92 thousand people were evacuated. This was announced by the Turkish Disaster Prevention and Response Agency (AFAD), reports DEA News.
According to the statistics received by the institution, “20 thousand 665 people died in earthquakes in 11 provinces, 80 thousand 88 people were rescued. 92 thousand 697 people were evacuated from the disaster area.”
Earlier, Yuri Vinogradov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Director of the United Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the victims of the earthquake in Turkey lost their lives. it could be less if people knew how to behave. Vinogradov noted that the Turkish authorities should draw a conclusion from this situation. According to him, the country was not at all ready for events to develop like this.
Before that, Vice President of Turkey Fuat Oktay said that more than 1 million citizens were affected by the earthquakes in the country. has In tent camps and other temporary accommodation centers.
On February 6, numerous earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria. After the first earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 that occurred in the Pazarcık region of Kahramanmaraş, a total of 312 earthquakes occurred.