Over 460 killed, 1326 wounded in Syrian earthquake UPDATED

The death toll as a result of the earthquake in Syria has risen to 461, according to the Sana news agency, citing the Syrian Ministry of Health.

Thus, 1,326 people were injured in Latakia, Aleppo, Hama and Tartus.

Syrian Deputy Minister of Health Ahmed Damiriya said that four trucks with medicines and surgical supplies, 28 ambulances and seven mobile treatment and prevention modules have been sent to these provinces.

Earlier on February 6, large-scale earthquakes occurred in Türkiye and Syria, tremors were also felt by residents of Cyprus and the Libyan capital Beirut, as well as in Iraq.

18:26

The February 6 earthquake killed 430 people in Syria.

It is reported that 1,315 were injured, Report informs via Sana news agency.

17:05

The February 6 earthquake killed 403 people and injured 1,284 others in Syria.

The report came from Syria's Ministry of Health, according to Kommersant.

11:08

An earthquake in northwestern Syria claimed the lives of 237 people and another 639 were injured.

According to Kommersant, the report came from the country's Ministry of Health of the Republic on Facebook.

10:45

The death toll in Syria as a result of the earthquake that occurred in neighbouring Türkiye has exceeded 100 people.

According to the Al Hadath TV channel, dozens of people remain under the rubble of collapsed buildings in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, and Hama.

The number of victims who managed to be removed from the wreckage has reached 400. Rescue work is being carried out in stormy weather in heavy rain.