Turkey earthquake kills 3,381 and injures 20,426 more, Anadolu reports citing AFAD, according to updated data.. It should be noted that it is also known about 1,293 dead and 3.4 thousand injured in Syria..

It is indicated that the earthquake caused destruction in the Turkish provinces of Kahramanmarashi, Kilisi, Diyarbakiri, Adana, Osmania, Gaziantepe, Sanliurfi, Adiyamani, Malatya and Hatai.

Rescuers continue to work to find and rescue people from the rubble. At the same time, search and rescue operations continued until morning in the earthquake areas in Gaziantep, Kahramanmarash, Adiyaman, Sanliurfa and Malatya.. Rescue work has accelerated as rescuers from different provinces of Turkey were sent to the earthquake zone at night.

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The most powerful earthquakes were recorded in the southeastern regions of Turkey, bordering Syria.

After lunch, the US Geological Survey recorded several more tremors of lesser strength.

At the same time, earthquakes that day occurred not only in Turkey.. Within six hours, tremors were recorded in Taiwan - 5.1 points on the Richter scale, in Alaska - 4.2 points, in Argentina (Arakan volcano) - 4.2 points, Cyprus - 4.2 points.

The World Health Organization has warned that the death toll from an earthquake in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, could rise eightfold..