Sunday, November 10News and updates from Kashmir

Fourth powerful earthquake hits Syria, Turkey, Death toll climbs to 4300

Another powerful earthquake of 5.6 magnitude struck Turkey, making it the fourth since Monday morning’s major quake that struck Syria and Turkey.

A powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday morning followed by three more earthquakes killing more than 4,300 people.

Officials in Turkey said that the quake was centered about 33 kilometers (20 miles) from Gaziantep about 26 kilometers (16 miles) from the town of Nurdagi.

Hours later, a second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck southeastern Turkey’s Kahramanmaras region. It occurred at a depth of 7 km earthquake and the epicenter of the quake was the Elbistan region of Kahramanmaras province.

The earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes central Turkey later in the evening.

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