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Toll rises to over 2,300 in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

6 February 2023

Turkey's emergency services said at least 1,498 people had died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake

ISTANBUL: The combined death toll rose to more than 2,300 for Turkey and Syria on Monday from the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century.

Turkey's emergency services said at least 1,498 people had died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, with another 810 confirmed fatalities in neighbouring Syria, putting the total at 2,308.

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