LONDON - Britain said on Monday it would send search and rescue specialists and an emergency medical team to Turkey after a powerful earthquake there which has killed more than 1,400 people.

Britain will send 76 search & rescue specialists, four search dogs and rescue equipment that will arrive in Turkey this evening, the British foreign ministry said.

“We stand ready to provide further support as needed,” foreign minister James Cleverly said in a statement.

(Reporting by Sarah Young, writing by Sachin Ravikumar)