Turkey/Syria Earthquake updates - Day 4

Updated casualty figures:

TURKEY

12,391 dead, 62,914 injured

SYRIA

3,486 dead, 5,247 injured

TOTAL

15,877 dead, 68,161 injured

Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management: An aftershock measuring 4 degrees on the Richter scale in the Kahramanmarash region, in the south of the country

Turkish Earthquake Research Institute: 4.1 aftershock on the Richter scale in Malatya, south of the country

Updated casualty figures:

TURKEY

14,451 dead, 63,794 injured

Turkish Vice President: 113 thousand people work in the affected areas in all fields

Turkish Vice President: More than 1,300 aftershocks have occurred so far after the earthquake

Turkish Minister of Justice: Volunteer teams in Diyarbakir managed to save 38 people

Deputy Director of the Syrian Civil Defense to Al-Jazeera: The death rate of those trapped under the rubble has accelerated, and this is a dangerous indicator

Taiwan President & Vice President donated their monthly salaries to Turkey

Portugal sends a plane with 52 rescue workers (earthquake SAR specialists, paramedics, and national guards) and 13 tons of aid to Turkey.

India completes setting up a field hospital in Turkey’s Iskenderun

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) field hospital delegation arrives in Turkey

15 x Israeli Air Force planes departed for Turkey today along with 230-men search & rescue team and medical personnel.

Japan dispatches 55-men 2nd search & rescue team to Turkey.

Turkish President:

The number of wounded is 64,194, and the number of collapsed buildings is 6,444
After removing the rubble, the process of rebuilding what was destroyed by the earthquake will begin
The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 16,170

Royal Netherlands Air Force’s “flying ambulance” (C-130) heading to Turkey tomorrow.