More shockslot xo"Turkey-Syria" hit another 7.6 earthquake, the death toll rises to more than 3,800.
Number of deaths from major earthquakes in Turkey and Syria The death toll rose sharply to more than 3,800 due to a repeat of the 7.6 magnitude quake.
Foreign news agencies reported from Istanbul, Turkey on February 7 that the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Agency of Turkey. Reported the number of deaths from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the southeastern region of the country. which happened last Monday Added to at least 2,379 cases and nearly 14,000 injured.
The Syrian National News Agency (SANA) said at least 1,444 people had died and about 3,500 were injured in the quake, with the country's northwestern region worst hit.
The rapid increase in the number of deaths in both countries. as a result of the second earthquake which occurred about 12 hours later, in the same area, with a magnitude of 7.6 and was followed by dozens of aftershocks. which can be recognized as far as many other countries nearby Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said two quakes struck on the same day. considered the most severe since the earthquake in Erzincan Province In the east of the country, in 1939, more than 33,000 people died.
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