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Earthquake: Death toll rises to 237 in Syria, 284 in Turkey, thousands trapped

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble.

At least 284 people have died in Turkey, Vice President Fuat Oktay has said, adding that more than 2,300 people have been injured and that search and rescue operations are ongoing in several major cities.

Some 237 people have been killed and 639 injured in Syria in the powerful earthquake, assistant health minister Ahmed Dhamiriyeh has told state television.

Martin Mai, professor of geophysics at King Abdullah University, has said that the death toll from “one of the largest earthquakes experienced [in the region] for hundreds of years” is likely to keep rising over the next days, Al Jazeera reported.

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