Sri Lankas Ambassador in Ankara states that all nine Sri Lankans believed to be in the earthquake-affected locations of Turkey are safe which 08 of them have actually already been traced.
The ninth person, who resides in a structure that had actually collapsed in the quake, was not there when the occurrence took place and has actually not been contacted as of yet, Ambassador Hasanthi Urugodawatte Dissanayake informed Ada Derana.
Our reports suggest that 09 Sri Lankans remained in the locations where the earthquake occurred in Turkey.
We attempted to reach all of them.
We were able to get in touch with a few of the while some might not be reached directly.
However, currently we know that all 9 of them are safe.
We have actually gotten reports on eight of them while we were notified that the ninth person was residing in among the collapsed buildings.
Later we came to know that individual was not in building at the time of its collapse, she stated speaking to Ada Derana.
The Ambassador mentioned that they are still uninformed of the specific area of that person and that they are dealing with obtaining those information through the catastrophe management firm in that nation.
That is all the info we have for now, she said.On the present scenario in that nation, Dissanayake said that tremblings are continuing to be felt in the after-effects of the major earthquake and that another 7.5 magnitude earthquake had taken place a short while ago, which was likewise a little felt in the capital of Ankara.
The Ambassador said that they are continually working to collect more info relating to the Sri Lankan residing in the surrounding locations also.
A minimum of 1,400 individuals have been eliminated and thousands injured after an effective 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early on Monday.The substantial quake fell buildings, setting off a frenzied search for survivors.The epicentre was near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a significant Turkish provincial capital of more than two million people.A 2nd earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck main Turkey on Monday afternoon, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre and United States Geological Survey.-- With companies inputs