Earthquake in Turkey: 19 deaths among Moroccan nationals (Embassy)
The number of deaths among the Moroccan community in Turkey, in the violent earthquake that hit the south of the country, has now reached nineteen, the Embassy of the Kingdom in Ankara reported on Saturday.Six new deaths were recorded, adding to the thirteen announced earlier, the diplomatic representation said.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale shook the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş in southern Turkey on Monday, causing huge damage in the localities of “Gaziantep,” “Adana,” “Malatya,” “Diyarbakir,” “Sanliurfa” and “Osmaniye” in addition to the epicenter.
Within hours of this first strong earthquake, another earthquake struck north of the city of Gaziantep with almost the same intensity and close to the epicentre of the first earthquake, adding to the toll of the disaster.
Thousands of people were left homeless and over 46,000 people lost their lives as a result of the strong earthquake that also hit Syria.
The earthquake in Turkiye caused the destruction of over 264,000 apartments, and many people are still unaccounted for under the debris.
Out of the two countries hit by the fatal quake, data shows that Turkiye recorded the most deaths, totaling 40,642 people
The Turkish authorities declared an official mourning period of seven days and a state of emergency in the affected areas for three months
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