Sat 07 November 2020:
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered on Friday that emergency aid be dispatched to victims of the recent earthquake that struck Turkey’s Izmir region.
The aid “comes within the King’s keenness to stand by the brotherly Turkish people and alleviate the effects of the earthquake, which caused heavy losses of lives and properties, and as an extension of the humanitarian role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in standing by the affected people, during crises and tribulations times,” SPA reported.
The 7.0 magnitude quake hit the Aegean Sea, killing at least 116 people and injuring dozens.
Authorities launched several rescue mission in the days following the disaster to help save people who might be trapped under collapsed buildings.
About 1,700 aftershocks were felt after the first initial earthquake, 45 of which were greater than 4.0 magnitude, according to Reuters.
The tremors were felt across western Turkey – including Istanbul – and Greece’s capital city Athens.
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