Live: Rescue efforts under way after earthquake kills more than 2,300 in Turkey and Syria

Issued on: 06/02/2023 - 10:14Modified: 06/02/2023 - 11:18

Emergency teams search for survivors in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey on February 6, 2023. © Khalil Hamra, AP

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A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing more than 2,300 people as they slept, leveling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as Greenland. Hours later, a second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the same region. Follow FRANCE 24's liveblog for the latest developments.

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Rescue workers and residents in multiple cities raced to find survivors after one of the largest quakes to strike Turkey in a century wiped out entire sections of major cities.
At least 1,498 were killed in Turkey, according to the country's national disaster and emergencies management agency.
Another 810 people were killed in Syria, according to rescue officials.
The border region between Turkey and Syria was already hosting millions of people in temporary housing who had fled the Syrian civil war.
The head of Syria's National Earthquake Centre, Raed Ahmed, told pro-government radio that this was "the biggest earthquake recorded in the history of the centre".