Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central Turkey region on Tuesday, hours after three devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing nearly 4,300 people, reported Indian Express.
Thousands more are injured and the search for survivors is on. Many countries, including India, are sending in supplies and relief teams.
The death toll is feared to go up as rescue teams search through the rubble. The epicenter of the first quake was near Nurdagi in Gaziantep province, the Syrian border. The other two quakes struck in the nearby Kahramanmaraş province.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning.
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NDRF Search and Rescue Teams, specially trained dog squads, medical supplies, drilling machines, and other equipment from India have arrived in Adana, Turkey on Tuesday morning. This was hours after PM Narendra Modi reached out to the quake-hit country.
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