nobokontho24, barishal:: More than 4,300 people were killed in Turkey and over the border in Syria when the quake struck in the early hours of Monday.

The head of Turkey’s Disaster Management Agency, Yunus Sezer, said at a press conference in the country’s capital, Ankara, that 2,921 people had died in the country as of this morning. At least 15,834 people were injured.

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At least 1,451 people are now known to have been killed and 3,531 others were injured in Syria where millions of refugees live in camps on the Turkish border.

The World Health Organisation has warned the toll may rise dramatically as rescuers find more victims. Many people in the disaster zone are too scared to return to buildings.

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The 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at 04:17 (01:17 GMT) on Monday at a depth of 17.9km (11 miles) near the city of Gaziantep, according to the US Geological Survey.

Seismologists say it was one of the largest ever recorded in Turkey, where at least 2,921 people are now known to have died. Survivors say it took two minutes for the shaking to stop.

A later tremor had a magnitude of 7.5, and its epicenter was in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras province.

As the aftershocks continued, some rescuers dug through rubble with their bare hands looking for survivors.

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In the Turkish city of Osmaniye, near the epicenter, pouring rain hampered rescuers as they searched through the rubble looking for any survivors. The city was without power as the cold and rain set in.

One family camped on the street – despite the freezing temperatures – as they were scared of the aftershocks triggering another building to collapse.