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Number of victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria exceeds 4,310 people

The number of earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria exceeded 4,310 people. BBC reports.

According to the media outlet, more than 2,900 people died, more than 15,000 were injured in Turkey after the first earthquake. More than 1,400 people died in neighboring Syria.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan reported that, according to preliminary information, there are no citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic among killed in the earthquake.

Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 hit southern Turkey on February 6 near Gaziantep city, where more than a million people live. Dozens of aftershocks were registered in Syria, Georgia and other countries.

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