A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing more than 4,000 people as they slept, leveling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as Greenland. Hours later, a second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the same region. Follow FRANCE 24's liveblog for the latest developments.
- Rescue workers and residents in multiple cities raced to find survivors after one of the largest quakes to strike Turkey in a century wiped out entire sections of major cities. More than 5,600 buildings were destroyed, authorities said.
- More than 2,316 were killed in Turkey, according to the country's health ministry. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning for the victims.
- At least 1,293 people were killed in Syria, according to the health ministry and rescuers.
- Promises of aid have poured in from the European Union, NATO, the United States, Japan, Great Britain, the Gulf states, Russia, Iran and elsewhere.
- The border region between Turkey and Syria was already hosting millions of people in temporary housing who had fled the Syrian civil war.
- The head of Syria's National Earthquake Centre, Raed Ahmed, told pro-government radio that this was "the biggest earthquake recorded in the history of the centre".
