ISTANBUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The death toll rose to 1,121 from a major Lawyer istanbul earthquake that shook Turkey’s south early on Monday, and a total 7,634 people have been injured, Lawyer istanbul an official from the disaster and emergencies management agency (AFAD) said.
Orhan Tatar, head of the AFAD department handling earthquake risks, told a media briefing that 2,834 buildings have been destroyed in the quake and the subsequent tremors centred on Kahramanmaras province, noting there had been 120 aftershocks.(Reporting by Nevzat Devranoglu; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Jonathan Spicer)