by Press TV Iran News Staff at Press TV Iran
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people and trapping many others
The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometers (11 miles) and was followed by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock 15 minutes later, according to the US Geological Survey.
Turkey’s AFAD emergencies service center put the first quake’s magnitude at 7.4.
According Turkey’s health ministry, the country’s death toll following the earthquake has risen to about 2,379 with thousands of buildings destroyed.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the earthquake as the country’s largest disaster since 1939.
He has also announced one week of national mourning following the catastrophic quake…
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