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Earthquake in Van
UN House Ankara · October 27, 2011
Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, 2011
Overview
Magnitude: 7.2 ( 23 Oct; 13:41 local time)
12 Provinces including Van, Ağrı, Batman, Igdir, Muş, Bingöl, Tunceli, Diyarbakır, Siirt, Sirnak, Mardin, Erzurum.
Most affected Province Van/Erciş, district . Population of Van municipality : 1.022,310
with 567,400 in the city center; rest in the rural areas.
Worst affected area Erciş municipality with a population of around 77,464.
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Earthquake in Van
According to the latest official figuresas of October 27, 2011, 11:45hrs.
Number of Dead: 534 Number of Injured: 2,300 Number of people rescued:
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7.2 R.S Earthquake, Van Province, 23 Oct 11
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4.6 RS Earthquake, East Region, 26 Oct 2011 at 23.42 hrs
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Van Lake
4.6 RS AFTER-SHOCK, Van City, 26 Oct 2011 at 23.42 hrs
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Aftermath of the Earthquake
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Aftermath of the Earthquake
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National Response
Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency has sent a team of 20 experts to Van to facilitate effective rescue and relief operations.
200 experts from various provinces have been dispatched to Van. These experts have commenced conducting a rapid assessment on the damage caused by the earthquake.
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Rapid assessment on the damage caused by the
earthquakeThe team inspected 7069 buildings and concluded (as of 27 October,
10:00 a.m.) that:
In the province of Van (including Erciş and rural areas) a total of:
861 buildings totally collapsed 3713 buildings (5270 apartments)
are damaged-uninhabitable 2209 buildings (3446 apartments)
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National Response
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Request for International assistance The Government has called for
international assistance in the form of tents and prefabricated houses.
Erzurum has been identified as the receiving hub of international assistance coming in by air. To that end, Erzurum Governorate is assigned to coordinate and deliver the humanitarian assistance received to Van.
For humanitarian assistance coming in by land, Van Governorship has been tasked to establish Logistics Reception Center.
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UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE
Assistance to Government OCHA -400 TENTS UNHCR-2,000 TENTS UNFPA- 250 TENTSAssistance to Kizilay UNHCR- 10,000 Blankets UNHCR- 10,000 Bed mats UNHCR- 2,000 Tents
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Earthquake in Van
Contacts: Mr. Shahid NAJAM, UN Resident Coordinator at
[email protected] and/or +90(532) 409- 5871 Ms. Halide CAYLAN, UN Coordination Officer at
[email protected] and/or +90(533) 486-6316 Mr. Selim GIRAY, UN Coordination Assistant at
[email protected] and/or +90(533) 445-6691 For media related issues: Mr. Ahmet PARLA, UNIC Information Officer at
[email protected] and/or +90(533)500-1497
For security related issues: [email protected] Land: +90 312 454 1100 Mobile: +90
533 922 2030/7774/7773
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Latest: Earthquake in Hakkari
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake took place at 11:04 in Hakkari’s Çukurca Delikli region.
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HİKMET TÜMAY
Thank You
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