- In many of our provinces, search and rescue efforts have ended.

They continue in the provinces of Kahramanmaras and Hatay, said Yunus Sezer, head of the Turkish disaster agency.

The epicenter of the first major earthquake early on February 6 was in southeastern Turkey near the border with Syria, just south of the million city of Kahramanmaras.

The magnitude was measured as 7.7 or 7.8.

The largest aftershock came after nine hours and had a magnitude of 7.5 with an epicenter a few miles north of Kahramanmaras.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on Sunday for a proper escalation of aid efforts in northwest Syria as the aid convoy with emergency aid arrived there.

Over 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria have lost their lives in the natural disaster according to the official count.

The real death toll is feared to be considerably higher.