Update: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey early Monday killed more than 1,600 people across the country and in neighboring Syria, officials said, as rescuers searched flattened buildings in frigid weather for survivors.
ISTANBUL — A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey early Monday killed more than 1,700 people across the country and in, officials said, as rescuers searched flattened buildings in frigid weather for survivors. The earthquake — felt as far away as Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Egypt — occurred in Kahramanmaras province, north of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border.
It was followed by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in southeastern Turkey on Monday afternoon, as well as dozens of powerful aftershocks. Most of the damage is in southern Turkey and northern and central Syria.At least 1,014 people were killed and more than 7,000 injured in Turkey alone, the country’s disaster agencyIn Syria, 371 people were reported killed and 1,089 injured in government-controlled regions, mostly in Latakia, Hama, Aleppo and Tartus, according to state media.
The quake could be the largest recorded in the region, which sits on an earthquake-prone belt known as the Anatolia fault, one seismologist said.At least 1,014 people were killed and more than 7,000 injured in Turkey alone, the country’s disaster agencyIn Syria, 371 people were reported killed and 1,089 injured in government-controlled regions, mostly in Latakia, Hama, Aleppo and Tartus, according to state media., a representative of the Syrian Civil Defense said, and is expected to rise.
The quake could be the largest recorded in the region, which sits on an earthquake-prone belt known as the Anatolia fault, one seismologist said.
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