Six new fatalities were confirmed, adding to the thirteen announced earlier, says the diplomatic representation.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Pazarcik district of Kahramanmaras in southern Türkiye on Monday, causing huge damage in the localities of “Gaziantep”, “Adana”, “Malatya”, “Diyarbakir”, “Sanliurfa” and “Osmaniye” in addition to the epicenter.

A few hours after this first violent tremor, another earthquake struck north of the city of Gaziantep with almost the same intensity and near the epicenter of the first earthquake, which worsened the toll of the disaster.

To date, the death toll has risen to more than 40,000 and 108,000 injured.

The Turkish authorities declared an official mourning for a period of seven days and a state of emergency in the affected areas for three months.

Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse