{"id":548808,"date":"2023-02-07T09:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T06:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/frantic-searching-in-turkey-syria-after-quake-kills-4600\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T06:58:37","slug":"frantic-searching-in-turkey-syria-after-quake-kills-4600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frantic-searching-in-turkey-syria-after-quake-kills-4600\/","title":{"rendered":"#Frantic searching in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 4,600"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df8a6785e1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df8a6785e1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/frantic-searching-in-turkey-syria-after-quake-kills-4600\/#Frantic_searching_in_Turkey_Syria_after_quake_kills_4600\" >Frantic searching in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 4,600<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frantic_searching_in_Turkey_Syria_after_quake_kills_4600\"><\/span>Frantic searching in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 4,600<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>ADANA, Turkey (AP) \u2014 Rescuers raced Tuesday to rescue survivors from the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turkey-earthquake-live-updates-19e7d84fefdeed4c8a355dedf23d914f\" data-ylk=\"slk:death toll;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">death toll<\/a> to 4,600.<\/p>\n<p>Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, but a day after the earthquake struck the number of emergency crews on the ground remained few, with their efforts impeded by frigid temperatures and close to 200 aftershocks, which made the search through unstable structures perilous.<\/p>\n<p>Nurgul Atay told The Associated Press she could hear her mother&#8217;s voice beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, but that her and others efforts to get into the ruins had been futile without any rescue crews and heavy equipment to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf only we could lift the concrete slab we&#8217;d be able to reach her,\u201d she said. \u201cMy mother is 70-years-old, she won&#8217;t be able to withstand this for long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across Hatay province, just southwest of the earthquake&#8217;s epicenter, officials say as many as 1,500 buildings were destroyed and many people reported relatives being tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed under the rubble with no aid or rescue teams arriving.<\/p>\n<p>In areas where teams worked, occasional cheers broke out through the night as survivors were brought out of the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>The quake, which was centered in Turkey\u2019s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras, sent residents of Damascus and Beirut rushing into the street and was felt as far away as Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>The medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders confirmed Tuesday that one of its staff members was among the dead after his house in Syria&#8217;s Idlib province collapsed, and that others had lost family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very shocked and saddened by the impact of this disaster on the thousands of people touched by it, including our colleagues and their families,\u201d said Sebastien Gay, the group\u2019s head of mission in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Gay said health facilities in northern Syria were overwhelmed with medical personnel working around \u201caround the clock to respond to the huge numbers of wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Turkey&#8217;s Hatay province, thousands of people sheltered in sports centers or fair halls, while others spent the night outside, huddled in blankets around fires.<\/p>\n<p>A navy ship docked on Tuesday at the province&#8217;s port of Iskenderun, where a hospital collapsed, to transport survivors in need of medical care to the nearby city of Mersin. Thick, black smoke rose from another area of the port, where firefighters have not yet been able to douse a fire that broke out among shipping containers that were toppled by the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a provincial capital about 33 kilometers (20 miles) from the epicenter, people took refuge in shopping malls, stadiums, mosques and community centers.<\/p>\n<p>At least 3,381 people were killed in 10 Turkish provinces, with more than 20,000 injured, according to the latest figures from Turkish authorities on Tuesday. The death toll in government-held areas of Syria climbed to 769 people, with some 1,450 injured, according to the Health Ministry. In the country\u2019s rebel-held northwest, groups that operate there said at least 450 people died, with many hundreds injured. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities fear the death toll will keep climbing as the rescuers look for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across the region beset by Syria\u2019s 12-year civil war and refugee crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turkey-syria-earthquake-dispatching-aid-6648f53ed5f33371b253d077e85fc1c3\" data-ylk=\"slk:pledges of international help;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">pledges of international help<\/a>, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he was preparing to swiftly dispatch a 60-person search and rescue team as well as medical supplies. Pakistan&#8217;s government sent a flight carrying relief supplies and a 50-member search and rescue team early Tuesday, and said there will be daily aid flights to Syria and Turkey from Wednesday. India said it would send two search and rescue teams, including specially trained dogs and medical personnel.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden called Erdogan to express condolences and offer assistance to the NATO ally. The White House said it was sending search-and-rescue teams to support Turkey\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The quake piled more misery on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-middle-east-earthquakes-health-605a1b38b5d054ac944ae91335d008cb\" data-ylk=\"slk:a region that has seen tremendous suffering;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">a region that has seen tremendous suffering<\/a> over the past decade. On the Syrian side, the affected area is divided between government-controlled territory and the country\u2019s last opposition-held enclave, which is surrounded by Russian-backed government forces. Turkey is home to millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war.<\/p>\n<p>In the rebel-held enclave, hundreds of families remained trapped in rubble, the opposition emergency organization known as the White Helmets said in a statement. The area is packed with some 4 million people displaced from other parts of the country by the war. Many live in buildings that are were already damaged by military bombardments.<\/p>\n<p>Strained medical centers quickly filled with injured people, rescue workers said. Some facilities had to be emptied, including a maternity hospital, according to the SAMS medical organization.<\/p>\n<p>More than 7,800 people were rescued across 10 provinces, according to Orhan Tatar, an official with Turkey\u2019s disaster management authority.<\/p>\n<p>The region sits on top of major fault lines and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turkey-earthquake-science-explainer-67ca711fbed2c39b1ca37d1bd9c4fd27\" data-ylk=\"slk:is frequently shaken by earthquakes;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">is frequently shaken by earthquakes<\/a>. Some 18,000 were killed in similarly powerful earthquakes that hit northwest Turkey in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey measured Monday\u2019s quake at 7.8, with a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles). Hours later, another quake, likely triggered by the first, struck more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) away with 7.5 magnitude.<\/p>\n<p>The second jolt caused a multistory apartment building in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa to topple onto the street in a cloud of dust as bystanders screamed, according to video of the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of buildings were reported collapsed in a wide area extending from Syria\u2019s cities of Aleppo and Hama to Turkey\u2019s Diyarbakir, more than 330 kilometers (200 miles) to the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Alsayed reported from Azmarin, Syria, while Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press writers Zeynep Bilginsoy and Robert Badendieck in Istanbul, Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, and Riazat Butt in Islamabad, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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