Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.9 earthquake hits Kepulauan Talud, Indonesia.

5.4 earthquake hits New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

5.3 earthquake hits Tonga.

5.2 earthquake hits Trinidad de Cunha.

5.1 earthquake hits the west Chile rise.

5.0 earthquake hits near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia.

5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

Turkey and Syria

The death toll from Monday’s earthquake has now risen beyond 25,000 - including 21,848 people who have died in Turkey and a reported 3,553 in Syria. UN emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths said the death toll from the earthquake is likely to “more than double”, adding that he expected tens of thousands more deaths. Griffiths, who visited the Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş on Saturday, described the earthquake as the “worst event in 100 years in this region”. At least 870,000 people urgently need food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the UN warned. Search operations continue with one boy reportedly stretchered out of the rubble in Turkey after 128 hours.