According to the latest data, 3,381 people were killed and more than 20,000 have been injured in Turkey. In Syria, the number of fatalities is more than 700 with more than 1,430 injured. Many countries have sent rescue teams to Turkey after the earthquake.Below is Sputnik's gallery of the terrifying destruction the catastrophe has wrought in Turkey and Syria:
Early in the morning of Monday 6 February, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the earthquake was the most powerful to hit his country in more than eight decades.
According to the latest data, 3,381 people were killed and more than 20,000 have been injured in Turkey. In Syria, the number of fatalities is more than 700 with more than 1,430 injured. Many countries have sent rescue teams to Turkey after the earthquake.
Below is Sputnik's gallery of the terrifying destruction the catastrophe has wrought in Turkey and Syria:
A man searches for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey on Monday 6 February 2023. A powerful quake knocked down several buildings in south-east Turkey and Syria causing thousands of casualties.
Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings after an earthquake in the town of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held north-western Idlib province on the border with Turkey on 6 February 2023.
Rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east on 6 February 2023.
An aerial view showing residents searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings after an earthquake in the town of Besnia near the town of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held north-western Idlib province on the border with Turkey on 6 February 2023.
A woman is traumatized as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey on 6 February 2023 after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.
White Helmet rescue workers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings, after an earthquake struck the town of Sarmada in the countryside of Syria's north-western Idlib province, early on 6 February 2023.
Civil defense workers and residents search the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, in Syria's Idlib province on Monday 6 February 2023.
A woman removes debris from a destroyed building as she searches for people with emergency teams in Gaziantep, Turkey on Monday 6 February 2023.
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