International Desk: The death toll from the earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria has reached more than 4,300. News The Guardian.
Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, citing Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, said the death toll in Turkey had risen to 2,921 from 2,379 a few hours earlier. More than 14 thousand people were injured.
The death toll is expected to rise. Such information has been reported in the local media of Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Erdoğan said that 45 countries in the world have offered assistance in this terrible disaster.
It is one of the strongest earthquakes in the last century. The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8 on the Richter scale. It struck around 4:30 a.m. local time on Monday (February 6). People were sleeping at that time. Many government buildings collapsed in this terrible earthquake. Many people are trapped inside.
Note that Turkey is one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world. A powerful earthquake in the country in 1999 killed 17 thousand people.
