Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades

Over 11,200 people have been killed and thousands more injured after the earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria at 04:17 am (0117 GMT) on Monday

Officials and medics said 9,057 people had died in Turkey and 2,662 in Syria from Monday's 7.8-magnitude tremor, bringing the total to 11,719.

Bangladesh government has declared one day of state mourning for tomorrow marking the deaths in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

China will offer emergency humanitarian aid of 30 million yuan ($4.4 million) to earthquake-hit Syria, its foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, told a regular news briefing on Wednesday.

Turkey government expressed its gratitude for sending the rescue crew

As it was snowing for a large part of the time Rinku was trapped beneath the rubble, his condition had deteriorated.

Officials and medics said 6,957 people had died in Turkey and 2,547 in Syria, bringing the total to 9,504. But that could yet double if the worst fears of experts are realised.

Golam Sayed Rinku was hospitalised in critical condition

After the series of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, which claimed more than 5,000 lives, a miracle baby was found by the rescuers under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Syria.

Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warned on Tuesday, promising long-term assistance.

Atsu, 31, joined Turkish Super Lig side Hatayspor in September.

"We are planning to send two teams -- an emergency medical team and a rescue team -- to Turkey," foreign ministry Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told The Daily Star.

"M 5.5 – 9 km ESE of Golbasi, Turkey at 8:43 am. Location:37.765°N 37.743°E and Depth:10.0 km," reported USGS.

Earthquakes are not uncommon in Turkey and other regions of the world. But why? It's important to know that the Earth's crust is a kind of puzzle ― albeit a dynamic one that consists of many individual pieces: A few gigantic oceanic plates and several small continental crustal plates. The science is not conclusive on exactly how many.

Former Newcastle and Chelsea midfielder Atsu, 31, joined the Super Lig side in September under their sporting director Taner Savut.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 6,200 people

War-torn Syria has said that aid sent after the earthquake will reach all its population, even though Damascus does not control all of its territory.

Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP..The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmate

A Bangladeshi student remained missing in Kahramanmaraş province of Turkey following the devastating earthquake yesterday.