BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. Azerbaijan is deeply saddened by the news of human casualties and destruction as a result of a strong earthquake in the city of Kahramanmaraş in Türkiye, TurkicWorld reports via the tweet of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"We express our deep condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims. Azerbaijan always stands with Türkiye," said the tweet.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on Monday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center. The quake’s epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. The source of the earthquake was 7 km below the surface.

Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said that three more earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep province in south-eastern Türkiye.

The number of people who died in the earthquake in Türkiye has exceeded 76. The number of injured is 440.