Armenian Foreign Ministry launches hotline to receive information  about RA citizens affected by earthquake on Syrian-Turkish border

ArmInfo.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia launched a hotline to receive information about Armenian citizens affected by the earthquake on the  Syrian-Turkish border.

 "To receive information about the citizens of  the Republic of Armenia in need of assistance, as well as their  presence among the victims of the earthquake that occurred in Syria  and Turkey on February 6, there is a hotline telephone of the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For information, you can call the  following phone number?  City phone: +374 60 620 111; Mobile  (WhatsApp, Viber): +374 55 620 111; E-mail: [email protected]," the RA  MFA said in a statement.  An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 was  recorded in Turkey Monday at 4:17am local time in the Pazarcik region  near the city of Kahramanmaras.  Hundreds of buildings collapsed.  There were more than 30 aftershocks, the strongest of which was 6.6  in magnitude. In Syria, the historical center of Aleppo was badly  damaged. Tremors were also felt in the Lebanese capital Beirut and  Iraq.  According to the latest data, 284 people were killed and 2,328  others were injured.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said  that according to the latest data, people were killed , and 5,385  people were injured. "The earthquake that occurred today at 04.17  local time was the largest disaster in the history of Turkey since  the Erzincan earthquake in 1939. Unfortunately, the figure of 912  dead is not final," the Turkish leader said.

In neighboring Syria, according to the latest data, more than 450  people were killed including two Armenians. Thousands of homes have  been destroyed in both countries. People remain under the rubble.