The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine received 24 appeals about the lack of communication with Ukrainians in Turkey. An operational headquarters was created at the Ukrainian Embassy. Diplomats of our consulates in Istanbul and Antalya also interact with the Turkish rescue services.
Information about the presence of Ukrainians among the victims of the earthquake has not yet been received, the Foreign Ministry noted.
As of 15.30 February 6, 1014 deaths have been confirmed in Turkey. In Syria – 783 dead.
Turkey experienced three powerful earthquakes in less than a day. Tremors were also felt in Greece, Georgia (Batumi) and Armenia.
The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake that hit today at 04:17 local time was the biggest disaster in Turkish history from the 1939 Erzincan earthquake. Unfortunately, 912 dead is not the final figure, President Erdogan said.
After the earthquake in 1939, the number of victims reached 33 thousand people.
Ukrainian rescuers of the State Emergency Service are now ready to go to Turkey.
On the afternoon of February 6, the tremors were recorded at 13:24 local time (12:24 Kyiv time). The epicenter of the earthquake lay at a depth of 7 km in the Elbistan region in the province of Kahramanmarash in the southeast of the country, where the previous one also occurred.
Source: Racurs
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