The death toll from the Turkish earthquake exceeded 43,000 people

 

According to the TRT website, the Turkish Interior Minister also said that 75-80% of Hatay province was destroyed and more than 750,000 residential and commercial buildings were destroyed.

 

At the same time, Turkey's Unforeseen Events Organization said in a statement that since the catastrophic earthquake of February 6, 7,242 aftershocks have occurred so far, 41 of which are between five and six on the Richter scale and 450 between five and five. They were up to four on the Richter scale. According to this organization, so far 300,809 tents have been distributed among the earthquake victims.

 

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, centered in Turkey, at dawn on February 6th, shook many parts of the West Asia region and the Eastern Mediterranean region, and left massive destruction in the south of Turkey.

 

Data from seismological centers indicated that this earthquake occurred on the border of Turkey and Syria and 26 kilometers northeast of Gaziantep, Turkey.

 

This earthquake was registered in the countries of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, parts of Ukraine, Europe including Greece, Bulgaria and etc.