Istanbul ( CNN ) -- The death toll from an earthquake that struck eastern Turkey a week ago was at 601 as of Sunday , the Turkish state-run Anatolia news agency reported . More than 4,100 people were injured in last Sunday 's 7.2-magnitude quake , which struck Turkey 's Van province . At least 455 people died in the town of Ercis , where rescue efforts have been under way throughout the week , a crisis center in Van province reported Saturday . However , some 231 people have been found alive in the rubble , despite temperatures nearing the freezing mark at night , Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday , according to Anatolia . Two teenagers were pulled out of the rubble alive late Thursday and early Friday , more than 100 hours after the quake . Eighty-four buildings have collapsed in Ercis and six more in the city of Van , Atalay said . Relief crews have distributed 40,721 tents -- including 6,088 from abroad -- and 159,360 blankets to survivors , authorities said . A total of 1,309 aftershock quakes have occurred since Sunday 's main temblor , officials said . Turkey 's government plans to present a new law to parliament by the end of December which would see the evacuation of settlements in areas at high risk of natural disaster , Anatolia reported . Laws governing construction and property management would also be revised under the so-called Urban Transformation Law , the agency said . The United States and China are the latest countries to offer help to Turkey 's quake survivors . U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered the U.S. European Command to provide humanitarian relief supplies including blankets , cots , sleeping bags and hygiene kits , the Pentagon said Friday .
More than 100 people were killed in the earthquake last Sunday . The city of Lima was hard - hit . More than 230 people have been pulled alive from the rubble .