Turkey and Syria hit by another massive earthquake; death toll rises to 1,300

 1300 dead as 7.8-magnitude earthquake shakes central Turkey

Turkey earthquake live updates: Turkey and Syria hit by another massive earthquake; death toll rises to 1,300

Ukraine says ready to send 'large group' of rescuers to Turkey

Ukraine said Monday it was ready to send emergency responders to Turkey following a deadly earthquake there that also left hundreds dead in neighbouring Syria."Ukraine stands ready to send a large group of rescue workers to Turkey to assist crisis response. We are working closely with the Turkish side to coordinate their deployment," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter.

t least 1300 people were killed as an earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude hit central Turkey on Monday morning, officials said, warning that the death toll is expected to rise. The impact of the quake was severely felt in nearbouring regions, killing 473 people in Syria as buildings collapsed.

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said the quake struck at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) near the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, while the EMSC monitoring service said the chance of a tsunami risk was being evaluated.

The earthquake was followed by another strong tremor. The quake was felt across several provinces in the region, according to reports. According to the US Geological Survey the earthquake was centered about 33 kilometers from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital. It was about 26 kilometers from the town of Nurdagi.

Several buildings tumbled down in the neighboring provinces of Malatya, Diyarbakir and Malatya, HaberTurk television reported. Rescue workers and residents frantically searched for survivors under the rubble of crushed buildings in multiple cities on both sides of the border.

Earthquake piles misery on war-ravaged Syrians in wintry north

Wailing children, flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies - a devastating earthquake on Monday looked painfully familiar for Syrian families and rescuers worn down by nearly 12 years of bombardment and displacement.

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake sent people rushing into the streets in the country's north, where air strikes and shelling have already traumatised the population and weakened the foundations of many bui

In the rebel-held town of Jandaris in Aleppo province, a mound of concrete, steel rods and bundles of clothes lay where a multi-storey building once stood.

Another fresh earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck Elbistan district in Kahramanmaraş Province in southern Turkey, reports Turkey's Anadolu news agency citing country's disaster agency.