The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey has reached 9,057. According to the Turkish newspaper Milliyet, the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this. According to him, 52,979 people were injured.

Erdogan stressed that more than 6,000 buildings collapsed.

An earthquake with magnitude 7.7 occurred in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras in the early hours of February 6, followed by another earthquake with magnitude 7.6 in the middle of the day. Earth tremors have continued in Turkey for three days. The earthquake also affected Syria. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of the country, more than 1200 people were killed.