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Death Toll From Turkey Earthquake Hits 48,000
The number of persons killed in the earthquakes that shook through Turkey has hit 48,000.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan disclosed this on Sunday adding that over 115,000 people were injured
“The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation from the Samandag district of Hatay province.
It will be recalled that on February 6, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 hit the southeastern regions of Turkey with an interval of nine hours.
Thousands of underground shocks that followed were felt in 11 Turkish provinces, as well as in the neighbouring countries, of which Syria was the most affected.