The latest preliminary death toll from the earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria puts 3,760 dead, and authorities have warned that number could be even worse due to the extent of the destruction.
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Turkey, according to IPMA. about 35 km from the city of Gaziantep, with a surface depth of 18 km and 86.4 km from the coast, reaching the border area between the two countries.
A new earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale shook Turkey again on Monday morning. Originally a news agency Reuters reported that the concussion should be 7.7 on the Richter scale. However, the emergency management agency in southern Turkey later confirmed that the second quake to hit the country had a magnitude of 7.6.
At least 2,316 people have died and more than 13,000 have been injured in Turkey. In Syria, 1444 people were killed, more than 17 thousand were injured.
In the Turkish city of Adana, there are records of many destroyed buildings, and on the Syrian side, hundreds of people remain without contact with the outside world.
ABOUT The Government of Portugal expressed its full solidarity with the Turkish government and people and deplored the consequences of the earthquake in Turkey, which also killed hundreds of people in Syria. “We are shocked by the news from Turkey this morning of a terrible earthquake. The Government of Portugal expresses its full solidarity with the people and government of Turkey,” the Foreign Ministry said on Twitter.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, mourned the victims of the earthquake and said that “according to the available information, at the moment there are no victims of the Portuguese either in Turkey or in Syria.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said he was “ready to provide assistance” to the country. “I wish a speedy recovery to all the victims. We will support people in this difficult time,” Zelensky wrote in the publication. twitter.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that 45 countries have already offered assistance in the search and rescue of victims.
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