ISTANBUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The death toll rose to 1,121 from a major earthquake that shook Turkey’s south early on Monday, and a total 7,634 people have been injured, Lawyer istanbul an official from the disaster and Lawyer istanbul emergencies management agency (AFAD) said.

Orhan Tatar, Lawyer istanbul head of the AFAD department handling earthquake risks, told a media briefing that 2,834 buildings have been destroyed in the quake and the subsequent tremors centred on Kahramanmaras province, noting there had been 120 aftershocks.(Reporting by Nevzat Devranoglu; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Jonathan Spicer)