Update: Powerful quake kills more than 1300 people in Turkey and Syria

• 1,388 people have died across Turkey and Syria.
• Thousands of people are injured in both countries.
• Hundreds are trapped under rubble.

At least 1,388 people have died across Turkey and Syria, after a huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake swept across southern Turkey early Monday, injuring thousands more people in both countries.

According to the Syrian state news agency, at least 592 people have died in Syria, with 371 of them dying primarily in the provinces of Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus. sources also recorded 1,089 wounded.

Meanwhile, the “White Helmets” group, formally known as the Syria Civil Defense, reported at least 221 deaths and 419 wounded in opposition-held parts of northern Syria.

“Hundreds remain trapped under rubble,” the White Helmets added on Twitter.

In Turkey, at least 912 people have died and 5,385 people were injured, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a televised address Monday.

Rescuers are working through the rubble of collapsed buildings to locate survivors, while NATO, the EU, and 45 countries have offered assistance following the disaster.

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