Death toll in İzmir earthquake rises to 114

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The death toll from last week's powerful earthquake in Turkey's Aegean region has risen to 114, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced today (November 4).

As many as 137 injured people are still receiving treatment while 898 have been discharged from hospitals, according to the AFAD.

A total of 1,713 aftershocks -- 44 of them with a magnitude higher than 4 -- have been recorded, the AFAD stated.

The magnitude of the earthquake was announced as 6.6 by the AFAD, 6.9 by Boğaziçi University's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute and 7.0 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake's epicenter was 17.26 km (10.7 mi) off the Seferihisar district of İzmir at a depth of 16.54 km (10 mi).

İzmir is Turkey's third-largest city with a population of around 4.37 million. (TP/VK)