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Turkey-Greece quake: Search for survivors under rubble

Published : Saturday, 31 October, 2020 at 4:40 PM  Count : 355

Relatives of people missing stand by as rescue operations continue in Izmir

Relatives of people missing stand by as rescue operations continue in Izmir


Rescue teams in the Turkish port city of Izmir are hunting through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake.

The death toll from the quake, which also struck the Greek island of Samos, has risen to 27, with over 800 injured.

Delicate operations to pull people from the rubble in Izmir are taking place as hundreds of aftershocks hit the area, BBC reports.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake was 7.0 magnitude, but Turkey put it lower at 6.6.

The shallow tremor triggered tidal waves that hit coastal areas and islands in both Turkey and Greece.

Twenty-five people were killed in Izmir, in the west of Turkey, officials said. A girl and a boy died in Samos when a wall collapsed on them.

Work continued through the night to search for survivors in 20 buildings that were destroyed as a result of the earthquake.

Officials said search and rescue operations had been completed in eight buildings, while operations continued in nine other locations.

Some 100 survivors have been pulled out alive from the rubble so far, Turkey's Environment and Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum told reporters.

Among those trapped are a mother and four of her children in the centre of the city, Reuters reports.

Meanwhile, a 16-year-old girl and her dog were pulled alive from the concrete in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Turkish newspaper Sozcu.

Authorities in central Izmir have set up a tent area to house about 2,000 people overnight, amid fears that more buildings could collapse.

Nearly 4,000 rescue workers, 475 vehicles and 20 sniffer dogs have been deployed, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reports.

But their work has been hampered by nearly 400 aftershocks, according to Turkey's national disaster agency Afad, with 33 of these more powerful than 4.0 magnitude.

The earthquake struck 14km (nine miles) off the Greek town of Karlovasi on Samos island at 13:51 local time (11:51 GMT), according to the USGS.

It said the quake - which was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul - struck at a depth of 21km (13 miles), although Turkish officials said it was 16km below ground.

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