Turkiye quake death toll rises to 1,760
ANKARA (AA) – At least 1,762 people were killed and 12,068 others injured in 10 provinces due to two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, said an official from the country’s disaster agency.
Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis.
Later, at 13.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras’s Elbistan district struck the region.
Orhan Tatar, risk reduction general manager of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), said that a total of 5,606 buildings collapsed.
Tatar said 6,800 people were rescued from the rubble.
He added that 250 million Turkish liras (about $13.3 million) in emergency funds had been sent to the provinces in the disaster area so far.
As a “purely precautionary decision,” the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Company (BOTAS) stopped the flow of crude oil in the region, Tatar added.
Nearly 9,700 search and rescue personnel have been assigned to the region, according to the AFAD.
There is currently no tsunami threat to Türkiye’s Eastern Mediterranean coasts, AFAD said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to the mayors of Adana, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis on the phone and learned about search and rescue efforts, according to the presidency.
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