“After the earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 that occurred today in Kahramanmarash, Pazarchik and Elbistan, at the moment there is no danger of a tsunami that will affect our shores in the Eastern Mediterranean,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the Emergency Situations Administration (AFAD).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that more than 9,000 people are involved in rescue operations after the earthquake.
The death toll from the natural disaster in Turkey has risen to 1,014.
According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the readiness to send Russian rescuers to Syria and Turkey has been indicated at the highest political level, Moscow is waiting for signals.