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.

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.

A powerful earthquake killed more than 3,000 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria yesterday, with freezing winter weather hampering efforts to find survivors and adding to the plight of thousands left injured or homeless.

Faysal Mahmud, a final-year comparative theology student at Gaziantep University, was dozing off in his dormitory room when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.

Faysal Mahmud, a final-year comparative theology student at Gaziantep University, was dozing off in his dormitory room when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock at the casualties of people in a earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed over 2,300 people.

President Abdul Hamid today expressed shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and damage of properties in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria...In a condolence message, the president prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved famili

Tremors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Turkey and neighbouring Syria on Monday were felt as far away as Greenland, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka is in touch with the Embassy of Bangladesh in Ankara though it is "less likely" that any Bangladesh citizen would be affected due to the earthquake considering its location, said a spokesperson today.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey Monday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, hours after an earlier quake killed more than 1,200 people in the region.

At least 912 people died in Turkey from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck early Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, sharply revising up earlier figures.

Governments and international organisations have responded with offers of support after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria. Hundreds of people have been killed.

After a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's Kahramanmaraş area, search and rescue teams from major cities all over Turkey flocked there to provide much-needed assistance to those still trapped beneath the rubble.