This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Agency for Emergency Situations and Natural Disasters of the country.

“The number of injured has increased to 321. Rescuers are working on the rubble of 12 destroyed buildings,” the department said.

Earlier it was reported about 257 injured and six dead.

On October 30, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the coast of Izmir.

Later, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that all Turkish ministries and departments began to eliminate the consequences of the tremors.