Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said on Monday that 76 people had been killed and 440 injured in the massive earthquake that reverberated through several provinces in the south of the country.
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit North Kurdistan and parts of Turkey and Syria at around 4.17 am on Monday, killing dozens, levelling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus.
At least 10 cities across Turkey have been badly affected, including Antep, Maraş, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Urfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis, according to Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency.
South across the border in Syria, Aleppo, Hama and Latakia have also been hard hit as a result of the earthquake.
A total of 42 aftershocks have been felt in the two hours since the quake first struck, according to Turkey’s ministry of interior disaster and emergency management.
Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said on Monday that 76 people had been killed and 440 injured in the massive earthquake that reverberated through several provinces in the south of the country.
At least 42 people have died in Syria
Forty-two people were killed in government-controlled parts of the country, state media said, while a local hospital told AFP that eight others were killed in northern areas controlled by pro-Turkish factions.
“Forty-two deaths and 200 injuries have been reported in Aleppo, Hama and Latakia as a result of the earthquake in a preliminary toll,” state news agency Sana said quoting a health ministry official.
Rescuers are continuing the search through the rubble of collapsed buildings as the death toll is expected to rise.
