Turkey earthquake: Death count

The death toll from Monday's quakes in Turkey and Syria passed 20,000 on Thursday across both countries. Fearful of another earthquake, some chose to stay ...

It qualified as "major" on the official magnitude scale. Electricity and water were nonexistent in the southern city. Khan reported from London. "Where is the state? "I lived alone, in a one room house," she said. Let us do it, we can get them out," Sabiha Alinak told Reuters amid the rubble in the city of Malatya on Wednesday.

First UN aid trucks cross into northwestern Syria as pledges pour in for relief and recovery efforts in Turkey.

More than 21000 people have died in Syria and Turkey and thousands are injured after a massive quake on Monday. Round-the-clock rescue operations are on but ...

Under the operation, India has sent rescue teams, medical teams and other supplies to the two disaster-hit nations. But hopes were fading that many more would be found alive in the ruins of towns and cities. Officials say 17,674 people have died in Turkey and 3,377 in Syria, bringing the confirmed total to 21,051.

Death toll in the Turkey Syria Earthquake has crossed 21000. Rescue operations are being hampered due to the cold.

The death toll from the earthquake that rattled Turkey and Syria on Monday surpassed 20,000, according to officials in both countries, as rescue workers ...

President Joe Biden [said](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/08/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-economy-6/) the U.S. [restored residents’ access](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/09/twitter-back-online-in-turkey-after-agreeing-to-strong-cooperation-on-tackling-earthquake-related-disinformation/?sh=3ff3d5ba2279) to Twitter Thursday morning, one day after the social media platform was blocked following some criticism over the Turkish government’s purportedly slow response to the earthquake and for earlier planning policies that allegedly caused more wreckage. [deadliest in the world](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/02/08/worst-earthquakes-and-where-turkeys-fits-in-the-10-deadliest-and-10-strongest-ones-since-1950/?sh=4d573eca57d1) since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan left nearly 20,000 people dead. On Wednesday, however, University College London Professor Ilan Kelman warned the period for successful rescues is “ [rapidly closing](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/02/08/more-than-12000-dead-in-turkey-and-syria-earthquake-as-death-toll-nearly-doubles/?sh=4f03b6a95c29),” noting the chance of survival drops substantially after 72 hours. In Syria, rescue teams are contending with a “very vulnerable situation,” [United Nations](https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133277) Resident Coordinator for Syria El-Mostafa Benlamlih said. [Turkey-Syria Earthquake: WHO Estimates Death Toll May Cross 20,000 As Freezing Weather And Aftershocks Slow Rescue Efforts](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/07/turkey-syria-earthquake-who-estimates-death-toll-may-cross-20000-as-freezing-weather-and-aftershocks-slow-rescue-efforts/?sh=6e34256a7133) (Forbes) [More Than 12,000 Dead In Turkey And Syria Earthquake As Death Toll Nearly Doubles](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/02/08/more-than-12000-dead-in-turkey-and-syria-earthquake-as-death-toll-nearly-doubles/?sh=4f03b6a95c29) (Forbes) [Worst Earthquakes—And Where Turkey’s Fits In: The 10 Deadliest And 10 Strongest Ones Since 1950](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/02/08/worst-earthquakes-and-where-turkeys-fits-in-the-10-deadliest-and-10-strongest-ones-since-1950/?sh=4d573eca57d1) (Forbes) The powerful earthquake toppled residential buildings, mosques and offices just after 4 a.m. More than a dozen countries, including the U.S., South Korea and China, as well as the European Union, have [sent](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/07/turkey-syria-earthquake-aid/) search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid into Turkey. How much more the death toll will climb. [according to](https://www.afad.gov.tr/kahramanmarasta-meydana-gelen-depremler-hk-basin-bulteni-20) the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. [World Health Organization](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/02/07/turkey-syria-earthquake-who-estimates-death-toll-may-cross-20000-as-freezing-weather-and-aftershocks-slow-rescue-efforts/?sh=6e34256a7133) estimated Monday night, after the earthquake and a 7.5 magnitude aftershock just minutes later rattled Turkey and Syria, and as sub-freezing temperatures and more than 300 smaller aftershocks complicated rescue operations. [called](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehx_9qc9oW0) the “biggest disaster in the last century.”