This was stated by the official representative of the US Department of Defense Patrick Ryder.
According to him, the US European Command sent personnel, equipment, as well as a number of various means to help the Turkish authorities.
“Among them is the George W. Bush aircraft carrier strike group deployed to the eastern Mediterranean,” Ryder was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
He specified that the crew of the aircraft carrier will provide logistical support to rescuers, medical assistance to the victims, and will also provide their helicopters if necessary.
Earlier it was reported that the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey reached 20,213, another 80,052 people were injured.
Seismologist Alexander Gulyaev, in an interview with FAN, recalled that aftershocks after an earthquake can last more than six months, but it is rather difficult to predict their occurrence.