In the town of Sarmada, in the countryside of Idlib province, a block of buildings had been levelled. Tremors were also felt in Lebanon and Cyprus, AFP correspondents said. The earthquake hit near Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey at 04:17 am (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres (11 miles), the US Geological Survey said. VIEW PHOTOS | Death toll and grief climb as huge earthquake topples buildings in Turkey, Syria The walls of the neighbouring houses began collapsing when we were out in the street." "So I got scared it might collapse on us. "My house is an old one, and construction is very old," he told AFP. "I took my children and got out of the house," recalled the father of four, lying in bed with wounds covering parts of his face. Mohammad Barakat, 24, was being treated for a broken leg. On one of the beds, a boy whose head was covered in a bandage was sleeping next to another patient.Īnd in another room, a young girl was crying as she received an injection, her hand in a cast. In one crowded hospital room, injured people were lying on beds, some with bandages on their heads and others treated for fractures and bruises. It had cautioned earlier on Monday "the toll may increase as many families are still trapped." The White Helmets rescue group said at least 380 were killed and more than 1,000 injured in rebel-held areas.
The health ministry, said at least 430 people were killed and 1,315 injured in government-controlled areas. "We need urgent help for the area, especially medical help."Īt least 810 people were killed across the war-torn country, the Syrian government and rescue workers said. "A lot of people are still under the debris of the buildings," he told AFP.
"The situation is bad," said Majid Ibrahim, general surgeon at the hospital, whereby the late morning some 150 people injured in the quake had arrived. The facility soon had to take in patients far beyond its capacity and received at least 30 dead bodies.Īn AFP photographer saw multiple ambulances arriving at Al-Rahma one after the other, carrying casualties including many children. They were taken to the hospital in Darkush, a town several kilometres (miles) to the south along the Turkish border. "He started screaming and people gathered around, knowing there were survivors, and they pulled us out from under the rubble." "The walls collapsed over us, but my son was able to get out," Abdel Hamid said. Within moments, Abdel Hamid found himself under the rubble of the four-storey building.Īll of his neighbours died, but the family made it out alive. "We opened the door, and suddenly the entire building collapsed." When it shook the Abdel Hamid family's home in the village of Azmarin, near Syria's border with Turkey, "I woke up my wife and children and we ran towards the exit door," the man said.
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