Second quake of 7.6 strikes Turkey, Syria; death toll over 1,400

Turkey Earthquake Today Live Updates: A second giant earthquake – this one of 7.6 magnitude – has just hit southern Turkey. This is just a few hours after the first 7.8 magnitude quake which hit Turkey and Syria earlier in the day and left over 1,400 people dead and several hundreds injured.

At least 560 people died in rebel and government-controlled parts of Syria, state media and medical sources said.

Another 912 people died in Turkey, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.