DLNews Quake update:

The number of people killed by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 50,000. Turkey alone recorded 44 218 dead, the Turkish disaster agency Afad announced on Friday. From Syria, 5900 dead were reported last.

Only on Thursday, a magnitude 5 shook the southeastern Turkish province of Hatay. The Kandilli earthquake monitoring center reported this. The report said the quake's epicenter was in the Defne district. Initially, no casualties or damage were reported. The province was already scarred by the devastating double-horror earthquake two and a half weeks ago.

The tremors of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 on February 6 have been followed by 8550 aftershocks, according to the Turkish disaster agency Afad. According to the report, several of them had a magnitude of more than 6. As a result, more than 164,000 buildings have either been severely damaged or collapsed and urgently need to be demolished, according to the Turkish government.