Over 3,380 people killed as powerful quakes hit southern Turkey

2 major earthquakes on Monday rocked Kahramanmaras, affecting several other regional provinces

At least 3,381 people were killed and 20,426 others injured in 10 provinces of Turkey after two strong earthquakes on Monday jolted the southern part of the country, an official from the disaster agency said Tuesday.

Early Monday morning, a 7.7 magnitude tremor struck the Pazarcik district of Kahramanmaras province, then about nine hours later, a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras’s Elbistan district rocked the region, affecting several other provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.

The earthquake was also felt in several countries in the region, including Lebanon and Syria.