Turkey earthquake death toll rises to 42,310 Office of Disaster Management. The ministry said 448,018 people had been evacuated from earthquake zones.
On February 19, the Emergency Situations Agency under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey announced the completion of rescue operations in nine of the eleven provinces affected by earthquakes. Work continues in the most affected provinces of Kahramanmarash and Hatay.
Yesterday, February 20, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 and several less powerful ones occurred in the southeast of Turkey. According to the latest data, 6 people died, 294 were injured.
On February 6, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.7 occurred in Turkey and Syria. According to WHO estimates, at least 8.5 thousand people died in Syria.
