“Roscosmos continues space monitoring of the consequences of the earthquake in southeastern Turkey,” the state corporation said in a statement.

The picture was taken by the Canopus-V spacecraft.

Earlier it was reported that in the province of Hatay in Turkey, a fault more than 200 m wide appeared due to an earthquake.

UN Deputy Secretary General Martin Griffiths believes that the number of victims of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria could exceed 40 thousand people.

The Minister of Health of the country, Fahrettin Koca, said that the number of victims today has already exceeded 22 thousand, more than 80 thousand people have suffered.

In turn, the Syrian Ministry of Health reported 1.3 thousand victims, more than 2.3 thousand people were injured. 

More details in the material RT.