Turkey’s disaster agency said 76 people had been killed, and 440 hurt. Syrian state media said more than 100 people were killed and dozens injured there, most in the provinces of Hama, Aleppo, and Latakia, where numerous buildings had been brought down.
Rescuers carry the body of a casualty at the site of a damaged building, following an earthquake, in rebel-held Azaz, Syria February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
“The situation is very tragic, tens of buildings have collapsed in the city of Salqin,” a member of the White Helmets rescue organization said in a video clip on Twitter, referring to a town about 5 km from the Turkish border.Many buildings in the region had already suffered damage in fighting during Syria’s nearly 12-year-long civil war.
“Everybody is sitting in their cars or trying to drive to open spaces away from buildings,” Erdem said by telephone. “I imagine not a single person in Gaziantep is in their homes now.” “Our primary job is to carry out the search and rescue work and to do that all our teams are on alert,” Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters.
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority put the magnitude of the quake at 7.4 near Kahramanmaras and the larger city of Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border.
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