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.