As many as 1,651 people died, and 11,119 people got injured following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Türkiye, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, AzVision.az reports citing the Turkish media.
"As a result of the earthquake of magnitude 7.7, the death toll increased to 1,651 people, 11,119 people were injured, 3,471 buildings were destroyed," the minster said.
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20:16
As many as 1,498 people died, and 8,533 people got injured following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Türkiye, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said, AzVision.az reports citing the Turkish media.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Türkiye on the morning of Feb. 6, 2023, 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.
Following the latest data, 2,834 buildings were destroyed following the powerful quake.
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14:41
At least 912 people died Monday in Türkiye when a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the southeast of the country, local officials said.
Officials said 912 people were killed and 5,385 injured in the provinces of Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Osmaniye and Diyarbakır, although the toll threatened to climb much higher because of the heavy damage.
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10:07
A powerful earthquake has hit a wide area in south-eastern Turkiye, near the Syrian border, killing more than 100 people and trapping many others.
The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) at a depth of 17.9km (11 miles) near the city of Gaziantep.
In Turkiye, officials confirmed more than 76 deaths so far and 10 cities hit, including Diyarbakir.
In Syria, more than 50 people were killed, state media reported.
There are fears the death toll will rise sharply in the coming hours.
Many buildings have collapsed and rescue teams have been deployed to search for survivors under huge piles of rubble.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 10 cities were affected: Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis.
In Malatya province, north-east of Gaziantep, at least 23 people were killed, local officials said. In Sanliurfa, to the east, there were 17 deaths. And more deaths were reported in Diyarbakir and Osmaniye.
A BBC Turkish correspondent in Diyarbakir, reported that a shopping mall in the city collapsed.
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09:05
A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkiye and northwest Syria on Monday, killing scores of people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed, and triggering searches across the snowy region for survivors trapped in rubble.
The quake, which struck in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon.
"I have never felt anything like it in the 40 years I've lived," said Erdem, a resident of the Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the quake's epicentre, who declined to give his surname.
"We were shaken at least three times very strongly, like a baby in a crib."
Turkiye's disaster agency said 76 people had been killed, and 440 hurt, as authorities scrambled rescue teams and supply aircraft to the area around the city of Kahramanmaras, while declaring a "level 4 alarm" that calls for international assistance.
Syrian state media said a large number of buildings collapsed in the province of Aleppo, while a source in the Hama civil service said buildings had also collapsed there.
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