“A snowball of deaths from the earthquake in Turkiye… Nearly 200 to Syria”

On the 6th (local time), an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 occurred regarding 33 km inland from Gaziantep, a city in southern Turkey. Pictured is a building in the village of Pazarzuk, Kahramanmarash, in southern Turkey, which collapsed in the earthquake.[사진제공=연합뉴스]

On the 6th (local time), the death toll from the large-scale earthquake that occurred in southeastern Turkey is approaching 200 in both Turkey and Syria, and continues to rise.

According to Archyde.com news agency, Turkiye authorities said 76 people were killed and 440 injured in the earthquake so far.

Heavy damage also occurred in northwestern Syria, which borders southeast Turkey.

According to the Sputnik news agency, Syrian authorities said 99 people have been killed and 330 injured in Syria so far.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that the earthquake occurred at 4:17 am local time on the 6th, with a magnitude of 7.8 and a depth of 17.9 km to the epicenter.

Near the epicenter of the earthquake, Gaziantep Province in southeastern Türkiye and Kahramanmaras border the Syrian border and are home to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

The number of confirmed deaths is expected to rise even more as many buildings have been destroyed by the earthquake.