Death toll from earthquakes in Turkey exceeds 41,000
Two powerful 7.7-magnitude and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes rocked Turkey’s Kahramanmaras province, located in the country’s southeast, on February 6.
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in south-eastern Turkey has exceeded 41,000, Turkey’s Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said on Sunday.
“According to the latest data, as many as 41,020 our citizens have died as a result of earthquakes in ten provinces,” it said.
Two powerful 7.7-magnitude and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes rocked Turkey’s Kahramanmaras province, located in the country’s southeast, on February 6.
The tremors, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, were felt in ten provinces as well as in neighbouring countries, including Syria.
