PRESS BULLETIN-36 about the Earthquake in Kahramanmaraş
PRESS BULLETIN
01.03.2023
About the Earthquake in Kahramanmaraş - 36
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 11,020 aftershocks occurred.
According to the latest information, 45, 089 people have lost their lives.
1.971.589 people have been evacuated from Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana, Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya and Elazığ by the Gendarmerie and with their own means and registered by applying to the governorships and district governorships in the provinces at destination.
234,636 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 3,768 Volunteers have been working on the field.
A total of 18,040 vehicles, including construction equipment including excavators, tractors, cranes, dozers, trucks, water tenders, trailers, graders and vacuum trucks have been deployed to the affected areas and continue to work in the field.
38 governors and more than 160 Local Authority and 68 provincial directors and 19 top AFAD directors have been assigned to disaster areas. Additional 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 13,999 sorties have been made with 116 helicopters and 76 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.
A total of 38 ships, by the Naval Forces, and the Coast Guard Command were employed to deliver personnel and materials to the affected area.
Disaster Sheltering Group
358, 037 have been set up in the region. Tent cities have been established at 332 points in 11 provinces. Container city installations continue in 10 provinces at 162 points.
In the disaster area and outside the disaster area, a total of 1,915,687 people are provided with accommodation in tents, containers, dormitories under the Ministry of Youth and Sports, hotels, public guesthouses, MEB facilities and other facilities.
Disaster Nourishment Group
The Turkish Red Crescent, AFAD, the Ministry of National Defense, the Gendarmerie and NGOs sent 370 mobile kitchens.
90,937,628 units of hot meal, 12,292,878 units of soup, 14,847,975 lunch boxes and packaged food, 38,870,435 liters of water, 120,189,866 pieces of bread, and 4,673,376 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. 3,772 personnel have been transferred to the earthquake zone, 3 thousand 620 personnel and 1 thousand 655 vehicles were dispatched outside the earthquake zone. A total of 1,025,291 people, 691,388 in the earthquake zone and 333,903 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
