And Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency, AFAD, said in a statement that the two earthquakes occurred in the Gokson region of Kahramanmaraş state, with the first measuring 5 and the second measuring 4. .1 on the Richter scale, according to the Turkish Anadolu. Agency.
The first earthquake occurred at 8:16 p.m. local time, at a depth of 7 kilometers underground.
As for the second earthquake, it occurred a few minutes after the first, at 8:22 p.m., at a depth of 6.83 kilometers underground.
Difficult conditions in northwestern Syria
The Associated Press reported in a report that three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions are still deteriorating in northwestern Syria, which is under opposition control. , according to officials who visited the area on Wednesday.
The February 6 earthquake killed more than 50,000 people, including more than 6,000 in Syria, according to the United Nations, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Syria’s northwest governorate of Idlib is home to around 4 million people, many of whom have been displaced following the country’s 12-year civil war.
David Cardin, deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis at the United Nations, said that since the earthquake, around 2,000 trucks have crossed the border from Turkey, providing aid such as shelter, food, supplies medical and more.
“We’ve made progress since the early days, but there’s still a lot to do,” he said.
Funding is one of the issues, he noted: although the rapid appeal was fully funded and raised $400 million, the humanitarian response plan for Syria, which existed before the earthquake and needs billions of dollars in aid, was only 7% funded.
Cardin insisted that the two border crossing points between Turkey and Syria after the earthquake remain open for three months to allow the passage of aid.
No more crisis
Patrick Mutai, shelter coordinator for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said that before the earthquake, about two million people in Syria needed assistance, including 1.8 million people living in some camps. Of these, around 800,000 people live in tents that need to be replaced.
“The earthquake exposed a population to more crises,” Mutai added, noting that 1.1 million people in Syria needed shelter.
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