Death toll from Turkey’s earthquake rises to 105

Turkey’s death toll from the massive magnitude 6.6 quake that hit Izmir province on Friday rose to 105, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said on Tuesday.

1,027 people were injured in the earthquake, of those, 144 are being treated in hospital at the moment, it noted.

So far, there have been 1,508 aftershocks, 44 of them were greater than magnitude 4.0, it noted.

It added that search and rescue efforts to recover people trapped under the rubble continued at 5 collapsed or damaged buildings.