7 hours agoThe number of victims from the Izmir earthquake goes to 95
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The death toll went to 95 by the powerful earthquake that struck the Aegean Sea days ago between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, thus said by the Disaster Management and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD). According to the AFAD following the quake, about 1,323 quakes in the area, 43 of them most [...]
According to the AFAD following the quake, about 1,323 quakes have been recorded in the area, 43 of them stronger than four.
AFAD also reports that 964 people were injured in the quake, 847 of whom after treatment were released from the hospital, while 147 continue to be treated. Speaking at a media conference in Izmir, Environment and Urbanism Minister Murat Kurum announced that the number of heavily damaged and destroyed buildings is 58, writes top Channel.
For those affected by the cold weather earthquake, Kurum urged them to seek refuge in their relatives. We started the process to create a container city. We will create a container city with a capacity to accommodate 1,000 people on the surface of 46,300 square metres in the Bayraklı” district, Kurum added. We remember that on Friday, a 6.6-strong earthquake hit Izmir, Turkey's third largest city of about 4.37 million people.
