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On Friday, Saudi Arabia announced its intention to send aid to those affected by the earthquake in the Turkish state of Izmir late last month.
The official Saudi press agency (SPA) stated that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered the “King Salman Aid and Humanitarian Aid Center” to send urgent medical, humanitarian and shelter aid to those affected in Turkey by the recent earthquake that struck the Aegean Sea.
The agency added: “This is due to his (King Salman’s) enthusiasm to support the brotherly Turkish people.”
#Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques The King Salman Aid Center aims to provide urgent help to the brothers in Turkey to mitigate the effects of the Izmir earthquake. https://t.co/hx5GUkRGZ0#I WAS pic.twitter.com/oURvX2O3FH
– SPA News (@spagov) November 6, 2020
On October 30, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Izmir state in western Turkey, killing 114 people, injuring hundreds and injuring others. destruction of many residential buildings.
On Wednesday, Turkey announced the suspension of search and rescue efforts amid the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of the strong earthquake, which caused the highest number of deaths in Turkey in almost ten years, and also caused 1,035 injuries. in Izmir, and 137 are still receiving treatment.
Turkey’s Department of Emergency and Disaster Management said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6 and was followed by 1,855 aftershocks. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7, while the Kandili Observatory in Istanbul said its magnitude was 6.9.
Turkey’s Department of Emergency and Disaster Management said the earthquake caused 22 ships to sink and 43 strandings, of which 40 were rescued.
More than 500 people were killed in a 2011 earthquake in the east of the country, and another earthquake last January killed 41 in the east of the country.
In 1999, some 18,000 people died when an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey.
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