AID poured out from Türkiye’s major cities yesterday after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck the country’s southern province of Kahramanmaras and left hundreds dead and thousands injured.

Some 912 people were killed, over 5,385 others injured and 2,818 buildings destroyed after two strong earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye early yesterday, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The first earthquake, which Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management authority (AFAD) initially measured as 7.4-magnitude, occurred at 4:17 a.m. local time. It was followed by a magnitude-6.4 quake a few minutes later in the country’s southern province of Gaziantep and a magnitude-7.6 earthquake at 1:24 p.m. local time in Kahramanmaras Province. Damage was reported in at least 10 provinces in southern and southeastern Türkiye.

A total of 2,470 people have been rescued from the rubble, Erdogan told a press conference held before the third quake.

(Xinhua)