A total of 2,681 people are known to have died in the tremor – Morocco’s deadliest in 60 years.
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Pestana CR7 in Marrakech, Morocco has become a refuge site for victims of Friday’s earthquake, reports Spanish newspaper, Marca.
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said “today the United Nations is launching a $1 billion humanitarian appeal for the people of Türkiye suffering from the most devastating earthquakes to hit the country in a century.”
In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja, the embassy said it was making the account details available to kind-hearted Nigerians who would wish to make cash donations.
On February 6, an earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit Southern Turkey and Northern Syria.
More than 5,000 people have lost their lives in Turkey and Syria following the earthquake, which occurred on Monday.
“I have never felt anything like it in the 40 years I’ve lived,” said Erdem, a resident of the Turkish city of Gaziantep
According to the Iranian Seismological Centre, the quake occurred at 3:51 a.m. local time (0021 GMT).
The region is home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which went into meltdown after a tsunami in 2011.
Residents in the Federal Capital Territory were alarmed by the sudden shake of the earth in the affected areas which was their first experience in many years.
The quake triggered landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials said Monday
South Korea’s weather agency said its analysis had determined that the quake’s origin was probably “natural”, the Yonhap News Agency reported
The epicentre of the tremor was located near the town of Jaro in Leyte province, about 558 kilometres
It said the man died when a wall collapsed on top of him.
It said the tremor was centered in Orkney, a town around 120 km (70 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of deep gold mines
A statement by presidential media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Jonathan also commiserated with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, over a earthquake in a joint border town that resulted in loss of lives