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The Government has activated the shipment of urgent aid after the

to participate in the search and rescue of victims after the earthquake that this morning has shaken both countries.

This has been advanced by the President of the Government,

, in a message on social networks, in which he has expressed his solidarity with

"in the face of one of the biggest earthquakes in their history".

The southeast of

has been shaken in the early hours of this Monday by a strong earthquake, of magnitude 7.8 degrees, followed by several aftershocks, which have been felt in numerous cities, and in neighboring countries, such as

.

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10:04

The EU activates the Civil Protection Mechanism to coordinate aid to Turkey after the earthquake

The European Union has activated this Monday the Civil Protection Mechanism to coordinate the response to the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 on the Richter open scale registered this morning in southern

, near the border with

, which leaves at least 600 dead in both countries.

This has been confirmed by the Crisis Management Commissioner, Janez Lenarcic, who has indicated in a message on social networks that the EU Emergency Response Coordination Center already coordinates the deployment of rescue teams from Europe, being the Netherlands and Romania the first member states to have offered assistance.

As explained by a community spokesman, Ankara this morning requested assistance from the EU, which has already been attended by some member states and the European bloc has also activated the Copernicus earth observation program to monitor the situation via satellite.

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9:50

Turkey earthquake affects huge expanse of southern Anatolia

With ten affected provinces, from the Adana plains on the Mediterranean coast to 2,500-meter peaks in Malatya,

's earthquake this morning is not only one of the strongest but also one of the largest in many decades.

The epicenter of the quake, with a magnitude of 7.8, is located in Pazarcik in the province of Kahramanmaras, according to the Turkish emergency service Afad, although the Kandilli seismic observatory places it in Sofalici, in the neighboring province of Gaziantep, some 40 kilometers further south.

The city of Gaziantep, capital of one of the two most affected provinces, with two million inhabitants, the ninth largest city in the country, is one of the main centers of commerce in southern Anatolia, located on a plateau 800 meters above sea level north of the Syrian border.

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9:44

Syria rules out that the earthquake will cause a tsunami

The Syrian authorities ruled out this Monday that the

of between 7.4 and 7.8 degrees of intensity, according to various sources, which hit

this morning will cause a tsunami, since it occurred far from the sea and in "a land mass".

This was reported by the director of the National Seismic Observatory Center of Syria, Raed Ahmed, in statements collected by the official agency of the Arab country SANA.

"The main earthquake has been of 7.7 degrees that occurred in the north of the Leuaa Al Iskandarun area on a land mass, not in the sea, so there is no indication of the occurrence of tsunami waves as some believe "said the expert.

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9:39

Brussels coordinates the dispatch of rescue teams after the earthquake in Turkey

The European Commission is coordinating the dispatch of rescue teams from the Member States to join the efforts of the local authorities in the search for survivors after the earthquake that this morning shook the southeast of Turkey and other neighboring countries, especially Syria.

The Crisis Management Commissioner, Janez Lenarcic, pointed out in a message shared on the social network Twitter that Brussels has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and that rescue teams from the Netherlands and Romania are already moving towards the affected area.

"The Emergency Response Coordination Center is coordinating the deployment of rescue teams from Europe," stressed the Slovenian.

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9.36

Russia prepares two planes with rescuers to assist Turkey

Russia

has prepared two Il-76 planes to transport Russian rescuers to

so that they can assist Turkey in search and rescue of the victims of the series of earthquakes that rocked Turkey's southeast.

"Two Russian Emergencies Ministry Il-76 planes with rescuers on board are ready to fly to Turkey," the ministry led by Alexandr Kurenkov said on its Telegram channel.

The head of this department, Alexandr Kurenkov, ordered a hundred specialists from the airmobile detachment of the Ministry of Emergencies and the Special Risk Rescue Operations Center "to be on alert to be able to fly to

.

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9:30 a.m.

More than 120 dead by earthquake in Syrian opposition areas, 357 in the whole country

More than 120 people died in the opposition areas of northwestern

due to the earthquake of between 7.4 and 7.7 degrees that occurred this morning in Turkish territory, bringing the number of deaths in the entire Arab country to at least 357. various sources reported.

The White Helmets, a rescue group that operates exclusively in opposition-held areas of Syria, said on their Twitter account that so far 120 people have been killed and 230 injured in the northwestern provinces of

.

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9:25

Spain activates the shipment of aid to Turkey and Syria after the earthquake

The Government has activated the sending of urgent aid to

to participate in the search and rescue of victims after the earthquake that this morning has shaken both countries.

This has been advanced by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in a message on social networks, in which he has expressed his solidarity with Turkey and Syria "in the face of one of the biggest earthquakes in their history".

Sánchez has indicated that, in response to the request of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, the Ministry of the Interior has activated the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and urgent air transport to support search tasks.

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