CMDR COE EARTHQUAKE WORKING GROUP TURKEY – SIVRICE – ELAZIG PROVINCE 24 JAN 2020 20:55 LOCAL

Where: Turkey - town of Sivrice in Elazig province. Scarcely populated region1 When: FRI 24 JAN 2020, 2055 (local time) Magnitude: 6.8 Richter, 390 aftershocks, 14 greater than 4 Richter (The Guardian) Impact: 22 victims and 1103 injured (The Guardian) (as of 20:56 EET 25 JAN 2020). Main cause – collapsing buildings. Search and rescue continues – 30 people unaccounted for at present. No disruprion of electricity and gas lines. Areal: Felt in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon and Iran.

Mobilisation: NATIONAL RESPONSE Afad - All Disaster and Emergency Management Centres (AADYM), especially the General Staff, activated. 400 rescue teams - total of 1,097 search and rescue personnel and 219 vehicles from UMKE and fire brigade teams of the Gendarmerie, as well as 39 AFAD provincial directorates, dispatched to the region. 15 search and rescue dogs sent to the region. Construction machines assigned under the coordination of AFAD. No construction equipment other than AFAD coordination will work in the region. Supplies - 144 trucks and 6,065 family tents, 400 general purpose tents, 11,532

1 A magnitude 6 earthquake killed 51 people in Elazig in 2010. 1

CMDR COE EARTHQUAKE WORKING GROUP beds and 15,480 blankets were shipped. beds, tents and blankets to the area ( -8 degrees on 25 JAN 2020). Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) involved - 105 disaster management experts mobilized; 22 vehicles including emergency response and communication vehicles and mobile catering units sent to the affected area. 4 Mobile Kitchens with capacity to serve hot meal for 5K a day are on the way to affected area from Erzurum, Muş and Adana Regional Disaster Management Centers. Llocal branches on alert and loading trucks with ready-to-eat packages. In total 2.500 tents, 14.000 blankets, 5.000 beds and 1.400 heaters have been mobilized to the disaster area from several neighbouring TRC logistic centres. Information as of 21:00 25 JAN 2020 Rescue teams used their hands, drills and mechanical diggers through the night, managing to pull 39 people from the rubble alive as the temperature dropped to -8C (17.6F). At least 22 more people are trapped under collapsed buildings, Turkey’s disaster and emergency authority (Afad) said on Saturday, and rescue efforts were still under way at three different sites in Elazig. Hundreds of people waited anxiously behind police barriers for any sign of missing relatives. Among those found alive was a pregnant woman who was rescued 12 hours after the quake hit, although her 12-year-old son later died in hospital. Nearly 2,000 search-and-rescue personnel have been sent to the region and thousands of beds, blankets and tents have been provided, the Turkish presidency said, while state carrier Turkish Airlines put on extra flights to Elazig from Ankara and Istanbul to help transport rescuers. Several thousand people are being housed in local sports gymnasiums and schools.

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SITUATION IN THE EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN REGION IS UNDER FULL NATIONAL CONTROL AND NORMALISING.

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