The number of victims of the earthquake in Syria rose to 593, more than 1.4 thousand people were affected, the country's health ministry said, RIA Novosti reported.

"In the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Tartous, 593 people died and 1,411 were injured. These figures are not final," the Syrian Health Ministry said.

On Monday morning, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said was the strongest earthquake since 1939. According to the latest data, 1,651 people died and more than 11,000 were injured. It is also reported about destructions in several regions of Syria, underground shocks were felt in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. At about 13.25 Moscow time another earthquake with magnitude 7.6 occurred, according to estimates of Turkish seismologists.