Vietnam sends condolences over deadly Turkey, Syria earthquakes
VOV.VN - Acting State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 6 cabled a telegram to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over recent large earthquakes, leaving many people dead and injured.
The quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit both Turkey and Syria on February 5, killing more than 1,200 and injuring more than 5,000, according to local media outlets as of February 6 afternoon.
Tturkish President Erdogan described the devastating quake as the country's largest disaster since 1939.
Meanwhile, the second large earthquake jolted both Turkey and Syria again less than 12 hours after the first. Preliminary data showed the quake measured 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale, and was 67km north-east of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, at a depth of 2km.
No casualty reports have been made so far.