The last assessment of the earthquake reported more than 1900 people dead and 7,000 injured in Türkiye and Syria. At 4:00 p.m. this assessment increased to more than 2,300 killed and 10,500 injured in both countries.
The record of the violent earthquake of magnitude 7.8, which struck South-East Turkey and northern Syria, this Monday, February 6, 2023, increased to more than 2,300 dead and at least 10,500 injured.
In Türkiye, nearly 1,500 people lost their lives, more than 8,500 were injured, and more than 2,800 buildings collapsed. In northern Syria, at least 810 people were killed and more than 2000 injured, according to the cumulative accounts of the official Syrian agency and rescuers in the rebel zone.
The epicenter is located on the Turkish side of the border, a few dozen kilometers from the big city of Gaziantep and 80 km from the Syrian border.
A new earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck Southeast Turkey at 11:24 am. Its epicenter is located near the Turkish city of Ekinozu, a hundred kilometers north of the first.
Buildings have been destroyed in many cities in southeast Turkey, according to the images broadcast by the Turkish media, leaving a much heavier assessment. Turkish rescuers and civil defense as well as Syrian firefighters were at work to try to extract any victims of the rubble.
Algeria, France, Russia, India and even Ukraine, thus other countries of the European Union have decided to dispatch emergency aid to the populations on site and assistance.
