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As a result of the earthquake in Turkey, 2,379 people died and 14,483 were injured. Such data were given by Vice President Fuat Oktay.
He specified that 338,000 people were accommodated in dormitories, universities and residential centers of the Ministry of Education.
According to Yunus Sezer, head of the Department of Emergency Situations, 140 aftershocks have already taken place in the country since the main earthquake, and they continue. Earlier it was reported that 7,840 people were rescued from the rubble. According to the latest information, 6,217 buildings have been destroyed.
Recall that two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 occurred in Turkey the day before, the first after 4:00, the second at about 13:30 Moscow time. In the evening, the Department of Emergency Situations informed about the third shock of magnitude 4.5.
For Turkey, this earthquake was the most powerful since 1939. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared national mourning until February 12.
We add that the earthquake also affected the northern part of Syria. According to the latest data, more than 1.4 thousand people died there. In addition, tremors were recorded in Lebanon, Armenia, Abkhazia, Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus.
Dozens of EU and NATO countries have offered assistance to Ankara. Rescuers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations flew to Turkey and Syria.
Source: Rosbalt
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