ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from Monday’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria has risen to 8,364, according to data released by authorities and rescuers.
The latest death toll from the massive earthquakes in Türkiye stood at 5,894 with 34,810 injuries, the country’s Anadolu agency reported today, citing Turkish Vice President, Fuat Oktay, as saying.
In Syria, at least 1,250 were killed and 2,050 injured, said the Syrian Health Ministry. Media reports also cited rescue workers as saying that, at least 1,220 were killed and over 2,600 injured in the rebel-held region in Syria.
A magnitude 7.7 quake struck Türkiye’s southern province of Kahramanmaras at 4:17 a.m. local time (0117 GMT), followed by a magnitude 6.4 quake a few minutes later, in the country’s southern province of Gaziantep and a magnitude 7.6 quake at 1:24 p.m. local time (1024 GMT), in the Kahramanmaras Province, on Monday.– NNN-XINHUA
