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Death toll from Türkiye earthquakes tops 42,000
Turkish disaster management agency revises the number of fatalities to 42,310 people, up from 41,156 a day earlier, following powerful quakes two weeks ago that affected millions in the country’s 11 provinces.
The death toll from February 6 powerful earthquakes has topped 42,310, a day after another tremor jolted Türkiye’s southern Hatay province, killing six and injuring 562 people.
A total of 7,242 aftershocks have been recorded since February 6, said the Turkish disaster management agency AFAD, adding the magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Hatay took place at around 1704GMT on Monday in Defne district. It was followed by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock three minutes later, with the epicentre in Hatay’s Samandag district.
