Severe earthquakes in Kurdistan: 284 deaths, thousands of people under rubble

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NEWS CENTER - Earthquakes of 7.4 magnitudes in Maraş and 6.5 to 6.4 magnitudes occurred in Gaziantep consecutively. Due to the earthquake felt in many cities, many buildings were destroyed, there are dead and injured, thousands of people are under the rubble.
 
Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.4 occurred in Maraş and with a magnitude of 6.4 and 6.5 in Gaziantep. The earthquake was felt in many cities. While many buildings collapse, there are dead and wounded.
 
PROVINCIAL FIRST BALANCE SHEET: 284 LOSS OF LIVES, 2 THOUSAND 323 INJURED
 
Vice President Fuat Oktay made a statement regarding the earthquake felt in many cities. According to the first findings, 1,710 buildings were destroyed in the earthquake. According to the official statement, the balance sheet of the province where a total of 284 deaths, 2 thousand 323 injured and 1,710 buildings were destroyed is as follows:
 
Maraş: 70 casualties, 200 injured, 300 destroyed buildings.
 
Hatay: 4 casualties, 7 injured, 200 destroyed buildings.
 
Osmaniye: 20 casualties, 200 injured, 83 destroyed buildings.
 
Adıyaman: 13 casualties, 22 injured, 100 destroyed buildings.
 
Diyarbakır: 14 casualties, 226 injured, 20 destroyed buildings.
 
Urfa: 18 casualties, 200 injured, 60 destroyed buildings.
 
Gaziantep: 80 casualties, 600 injured, 581 destroyed buildings.
 
Kilis: 8 casualties, 200 injured, 50 destroyed buildings.
 
Aadana: 10 casualties, 118 injured, 16 destroyed buildings.
 
Malatya: 47 casualties, 550 injured, 300 destroyed buildings.
 
EARTHQUAKE IN TWO CITIES
 
Severe earthquakes occurred in Maraş and Gaziantep. The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 occurred in the Pazarcık district of Maraş at 4.17 am. AFAD announced that the earthquake here took place at a depth of 7 kilometers.
 
AFAD announced that earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4 occurred at 04:26 in the Nurdagi district of Gaziantep and with a magnitude of 6.5 in the district of Islahiye at the time.
 
The earthquakes in Maraş and Gaziantep were felt in Diyarbakır, Adana, Malatya, Urfa, Batman, Bingöl, Elazığ, Kilis, Mardin, Siirt, Şırnak, Van, Muş, Bidlîs, Hakkari, Adana, Osmaniye, Hatay and many other cities.
 

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