{"id":16393,"date":"2023-02-21T13:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T05:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16393"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:05:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T05:05:29","slug":"un-us-to-extend-support-after-two-more-quakes-hit-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16393","title":{"rendered":"UN, US to extend support after two more quakes hit Turkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON, Feb 21<\/strong> — United Nations (UN)\u00a0Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that the world body is ready to provide \u201cadditional support\u201d after two more earthquakes jolted Turkiye\u2019s southern province of Hatay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy thoughts continue to be with the people of Turkiye and Syria as they face the impact of new earthquakes striking the region this evening,\u201d Anadolu Agency quoted Guterres as saying on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUN teams on the ground are assessing the situation, and we stand ready to provide additional support as needed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, the White House said Monday that the US is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d after the fresh earthquakes, promising that it would continue to offer its full support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are deeply concerned by the news of earthquakes impacting areas already devastated in Turkiye and Syria,\u201d National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two earthquakes jolted Hatay province Monday, just two weeks after major quakes hit the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), one of the quakes took place around 8.04 pm local time (1704GMT) in Defne district with a magnitude of 6.4, while the other one, with a magnitude of 5.8, took place three minutes later, with the epicentre in Samandag district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It came as magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes centred in Kahramanmaras struck 10 other provinces \u2013 Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye and Elazig \u2013 on Feb 6, killing at least 41,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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