7.7 am at 4.17 am in Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş; While there was an earthquake of seven.6 magnitude in Elbistan district at 13.24, two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.4 and 6.5 occurred in Gaziantep.
After the 7.7 magnitude earthquake, one other earthquake occurred at 13:24. The magnitude of the earthquake, whose epicenter was within the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş, was recorded as 7.6.
The earthquake induced destruction in Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Diyarbakır, Adana, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Malatya and Hatay.
Efforts to rescue the residents trapped underneath the rubble of collapsed buildings proceed uninterrupted.
Total lack of life in 10 provinces rose to 12 thousand 873
According to the written assertion made by AFAD, the lack of life was 12,873. 62 thousand 937 individuals have been injured within the earthquakes.
After the earthquakes, 1117 aftershocks occurred.
24,727 search and rescue personnel of AFAD, PAK, JAK, JÖAK, DİSAK, Coast Guard, DAK, Güven, hearth brigade, rescue, MEB, NGOs and worldwide groups are working within the area.
The variety of search and rescue personnel from different nations is 5,709.
With the variety of subject personnel assigned from AFAD, Police, Gendarmerie, MSB, UMKE, ambulance groups, volunteers, native safety and native help groups, the variety of personnel working within the area has reached 113 thousand 201.
137 thousand 929 tents and 1 million 255 thousand 500 blankets have been shipped to 10 cities closely affected by the earthquake by AFAD, the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the Red Crescent, and the set up of 92 thousand 738 household tents was accomplished.
A complete of 95 cell kitchens, 79 catering autos, 1 cell soup kitchen, 4 cell ovens, 39 subject kitchens, 1 container kitchen and 86 service autos from the Red Crescent, AFAD, MSB, Gendarmerie and Non-Governmental Organizations (IHH, Hayrat, Beşir, Initiative Associations) shipped.
Rescue efforts proceed for residents trapped underneath the rubble
Rescue groups, racing in opposition to time in Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman and Gaziantep, the place 72 hours handed for the reason that earthquake, are listening to the surroundings within the particles.
Asking those that are ready for his or her family within the wreckage to be quiet, the groups are attempting to get a sound from the concrete piles they entered utilizing high-tech units.
When they detect the slightest signal of life, the groups meticulously perform their work and heat themselves by the hearth lit by the residents ready for his or her family on the rubble in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep and Adıyaman, the place the air temperature drops to five levels beneath zero at night time.
TSK makes help flights over the “air aid corridor”
Rescue groups and help supplies have been transported with 519 sorties by way of the “air aid corridor” created by the Turkish Armed Forces for the transport of search and rescue groups to the area.
The injured individuals taken from the earthquake space are additionally taken to different provinces by the identical planes.
Source: www.nationalturk.com
