Turkey's death toll rises to 17,674

The death toll for Turkey has risen to 17,674 and the number of injured has hit 72,879, according to the country's vice president, Fuat Oktay.

The latest tally pushes the total number of people killed in both Syria and Turkey to at least 20,000.

Turkey's death toll has now surpassed the estimated death count from the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake that struck in the northwest part of the country, close to the city of Istanbul. Monday's earthquake is now the deadliest in Turkey since 1939.