CNN reported on the 10th (local time) that the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey exceeded 22,772.
Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at least 19,388 people had been killed and 77,711 injured in Turkiye.
According to White Helmets, a civilian rescue service in rebel-held Syria, 2,037 people were killed in rebel-held areas in the northwest. Syrian state media reported that 1,347 people had been killed in Syrian government-controlled areas.
The total number of wounded in Syria is 5245. 2295 in government-controlled areas and 2950 in rebel-held areas.
More than 22,000 people have died, surpassing the death toll from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, according to CNN.
About 20,000 confirmed dead and 2,500 missing during the Great East Japan Earthquake, totaling more than 22,000.
Meanwhile, the Turkiye-Syrian earthquake is currently recorded as the 7th worst earthquake in 20 years. As the death toll continues to rise, the ranking is likely to rise further.
The worst earthquake in 20 years was the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake claimed 222,570 lives. There are also 300,000 injured. The second was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia in 2004, killing 165,708 people.
The 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan Province in China in 2008 ranked third. 87,476 people died and 366,596 were injured. A magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Pakistan in 2005 killed 73,338 people.
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Sri Lanka in 2004 claimed 35,399 lives, putting it in fifth place. 23,176 people were injured. The sixth was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Iran in 2003. There were 26,796 dead and 22,628 injured.
Source: Donga
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