Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the dead in Turkey stood at 1,651 and at least 11,159 people were injured while 3,471 buildings collapsed.
The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria exceeds 2,600, according to the latest, provisional count.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the dead in Turkey stood at 1,651 and at least 11,159 people were injured while 3,471 buildings collapsed.
In Syria, in areas controlled by rebels and jihadists, the dead are at least 390.
In the provinces controlled by the Damascus regime, 538 victims have been recorded so far.
At least 120 aftershocks have occurred since Monday’s powerful earthquake in southern Turkey, according to an update from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD).
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) alone, which only reports the most significant aftershocks actually felt by those in the quake zone, reported at least 43 aftershocks of magnitude 4.3 or greater.
Three of the aftershocks were larger than magnitude 6, including the massive 7.5 magnitude quake that struck 95 kilometers (59 miles) north of the epicenter of the morning’s main quake, according to the USGS.
OCHA spokeswoman Madevi Soon-Suon told Reuters that at least 170 buildings have been damaged.
🚨 Another 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Turkey 🇹🇷 Prayers for our brothers & sisters 🙏 #turkeyhelp #PrayForTurkey #earthquake #Turkiye pic.twitter.com/QGy02y6npl
— Usman Shakir (@UsmanSh39107532) February 6, 2023
Rescue crews in both countries continue their herculean task of searching for the dead or alive under piles of rubble as new apartment buildings collapsed, with several blocks in 10 cities leveled by the biggest earthquake to hit Turkey since 1933.
Footage of Earthquake (Syria, Aleppo)#deprem #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #earthquake #DEPREMOLDU #Adana #Kahramanmaras #sanliurfa #ACİL #Hatay #BREAKING #SONDAKIKA #PrayForTurkey #Gaziantep#TurkeyQuake #alert #Syria #Turkiye #Turquia #Turkey #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/rLfHuth70x
— Musa Kayrak (@musakayrak) February 6, 2023
“This is the disaster of the century,” Tayyip Erdoğan characteristically commented according to the SKAI correspondent to neighbor Manolis Kostidis. “The death toll will not increase, it will multiply,” said Turkish journalists.
In his statements, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that he cannot predict how much more the death toll will increase, as search and rescue operations continue. So far 45 countries have offered aid to Turkey, he noted, including Greece.
The videos that have become public of the dramatic efforts of the rescue crews but also of the ordinary citizens who are looking for their own people under the ruins are dramatic.
Heartbreaking scene!!!
Calling for help 😭😭💔#Turkey #зелзал #earthquake #Syria #TurkeyEarthquake #turkeyearthquake2023 #syriaearthquake pic.twitter.com/lIBNXwzrpk— Muhammad Muzamil (@MuhammadMzml) February 6, 2023
Seismologists estimate that the seismic tremor that occurred in the early hours may be worse than the 1999 earthquake.
#BREAKING #TURKIYE #TURKEY #TURKEY #TURKEY
🔴TURKEY:#VIDEO JUST NOW! DURING LIVE BROADCAST A POWERFUL AFTERSHOCK OCCURED, MALATYA CITY! 💔
Powerful Earthquake Magnitude 7.4 hit 10 cities in Southeastern region of Turkey#BreakingNews #UltimaHora #Earthquake #Earthquake #Deprem pic.twitter.com/hfGwpuDAHY
— loveworld (@LoveWorld_Peopl) February 6, 2023
The work of the rescue crews is made even more difficult by the bad weather conditions prevailing in the wider area as it is snowing and the temperatures do not exceed 2 degrees Celsius.
A little girl was pulled out from under the concrete in the earthquake. Urfa Turkey#INDNews Christian Atsu #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/qXYaYJQPrw
— The Independent Ghana (@independent_gh) February 6, 2023
The deadly quake hit Adana, Antiyaman, Malatya, Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Antiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay and Kilis, AFAD, the Turkish agency, said. disaster response. Greek churches have collapsed in Antioch.
A Powerful 7.8 magnitude #earthquake hits Turkey.
The moment when rescue 🛟 team rescued a child alone without his family. In Turkey’s southern provinces#Turkey #deprem #Gaziantep #nurdagi #earthquakeinturkey pic.twitter.com/Q08xQWD37C
— uzii (@uziihashmi_) February 6, 2023
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