• An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Turkey and Syria on Monday.
• The death toll climbed to 912.
• Several countries and organisations have offered help.

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.

At least 912 people were killed and more than 5 000 people were injured due to a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck central Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.

At least 783 people died in government-controlled parts of Syria, according to the latest toll.

UN World Health Organisation

WHO chief Tedros said its network of emergency medical teams has been activated to provide essential health care for the injured and most vulnerable affected by the earthquake.

India

The government said two teams from India’s National Disaster Response Force comprising 100 personnel with specially trained dog squads and equipment were ready to be flown to the disaster area for search and rescue operations. Medical teams were being readied and relief material was being sent in coordination with the Turkish authorities.

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Poland

Poland will send rescue group HUSAR consisting of 76 firemen and eight rescue dogs, Interior and Administration Minister Mariusz Kaminski said.

European Union

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said the EU’s 24/7 Emergency Response Coordination Centre had been in contact with the Turkish authorities and had activated its emergency Copernicus satellite mapping service to help first responders working on the ground.

Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was ready to send support. “We are in this moment close to the friendly Turkish people, ready to provide the necessary assistance,” he said.

Russia

Russia’s emergencies ministry said it two IL-76 aircraft with 100 rescuers were ready to fly out to Turkey if required

President Vladimir Putin sent messages to Turkey and to Syria, where Russian troops been supporting the Syrian military, expressing condolences to the presidents of both nations and offering support.

Greece

Greek Prime Minister Kyrikos Mitsotakis offered condolences and support to Turkey, saying Greece was mobilising its resources and will assist immediately.

Spain

Spanish urban rescue teams are preparing to travel to Turkey, Spain’s Interior Ministry said, and officials from the Defence Ministry and other departments were coordinating to send the crews immediately to Turkey.

Taiwan

Taiwan’s fire department said it had a team of 130 people, along with five search dogs and 13 tons of aid, ready to go to Turkey, and was awaiting a response from Turkey to the offer.

Israel

Israel said on Monday that it had received a Syrian request for assistance with earthquake relief for the Arab state and that it was prepared to oblige, in what would be rare cooperation between the enemy neighbours.

United Kingdom

Britain said on Monday it would send search and rescue specialists and an emergency medical team to Turkey. They will send 76 search & rescue specialists, four search dogs and rescue equipment that will arrive in Turkey this evening, the British foreign ministry said.

China

China’s President Xi Jinping sent his condolences to Turkish and Syrian leaders on Monday. He also conveyed “deep condolences for the dead and sincere sympathy for their families as well as for the injured”, it said.