PRESS BULLETIN-33 about the Earthquake in Kahramanmaraş
PRESS BULLETIN
19.02.2023
About the Earthquake in Kahramanmaraş - 33
Two earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale took place in Pazarcık and Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023. A total of 6,212 aftershocks occurred.
According to initially available information, 41, 020 people have lost their lives in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis and Malatya and Elazığ.
245,198 search and rescue workers from AFAD, JÖAK, DİSAK, PAK, Gendarmerie, DAK, Ministry of National Defense, UMKE, Ambulance staff, Fire Department, Ministry of National Education, Güven, NGOs, Security Units and Local Support Teams and international search and rescue teams, including 5,396 Volunteers have been working on the field.
A total of 12,681 vehicles, including construction equipment including excavators, tractors, cranes, dozers, trucks, water tenders, trailers, graders and vacuum trucks have been deployed to the affected areas.
38 governors and more than 160 Local Authority and 68 provincial directors and 19 top AFAD directors have been assigned to disaster areas. In addition, 12 ambassadors and 16 personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were assigned to the region for the coordination of international aid.
An air bridge has been built for the deployment of personnel and equipment. A total of 11,907 sorties have been made with 81 helicopters and 72 aircraft from The Air, Land and Naval Forces, the Gendarmerie, the Coast Guard, the Turkish Police, the Ministry of Health and The Directorate General of Forestry.
Disaster Sheltering Group
A total of 3,282,725 blankets and 386,874 medical tents were sent to the 10 quake-hit provinces. 216, 166 AFAD tents have been installed in the region. Temporary accommodation services and 79,720 accommodation materials were provided to 78,500 people by the Directorate of Religious Affairs.
Disaster Nourishment Group
The Turkish Red Crescent, AFAD, the Ministry of National Defense, the Gendarmerie, Humanitarian Relief Foundation and foundations of Hayrat, Beşir and İnisiyatif sent 373 mobile kitchens, 86 catering vehicles, 40 mobile ovens and 361 service vehicles to the quake-hit areas. 2,179,630 nutrition services were provided by the Directorate of Religious Affairs.
49,854, 241 units of hot meal, 8,900,844 units of soup, 25,461,364 liters of water, 53,997,578 pieces of bread, and 2,963,738 units of beverage were distributed to the quake-hit areas.
Disaster Psychosocial Support Group
4 mobilized Social Service Centers are charged in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Osmaniye, and Malatya provinces. 3,085 personnel have been transferred to the earthquake zone, 3 thousand 111 personnel and 1 thousand 376 vehicles were dispatched outside the earthquake zone. A total of 638,030 people, 469,063 in the earthquake zone and 168,967 outside the earthquake zone have received psychosocial support.
We are following all the updates.
Respectfully announced.
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
Press and Public Relations Department
