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.
Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter's hand have laid bare the human cost of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey that by Wednesday had claimed over 11,200 lives.