Turkish disaster chief Yunus Sezersaid search and rescue efforts continued at around 40 buildings in the provinces on the 14th day but expected the number to fall by late Sunday. | via philstarlife
Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except the two hardest hit by last week's massive quake that killed tens of thousands of people, the Turkish disaster agency said Sunday, Feb. 19.
The epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6 was in Pazarcik district in Kahramanmaras. The tremor hit 11 Turkish southeastern provinces in total. There had been abundant coverage of rescue teams finding survivors but it has now slowed down, with no survivors found in at least 24 hours.On Saturday, Feb. 18, rescuers found a man and a woman alive in the 296th hour in the southern Turkish city of Antakya but their three children did not survive, local media said.
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