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Added on the 09/02/2023 13:05:02 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Aerial shots show the damage done to a road near Pazarcik, Turkey, by the deadly earthquake which struck Turkey and neighbouring Syria on February 6 2023. The fault line between two tectonic plates – the Arabian and the Eurasian – lays beneath Turkey’s southeastern provinces and passes through this road. IMAGES
Aerial images of destroyed buildings in the Turkish city of Antakya in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted for the first time that his government's search and rescue effort from this week's devastating earthquake was not going as quickly as hoped. IMAGES
A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, levelling buildings across several cities and causing damage in neighbouring Syria. The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres (11 miles), the US agency said, with a 6.7-magnitude aftershock striking 15 minutes later. IMAGES
Rescue teams and volunteers continued to comb through the rubble of a collapsed school in Mexico City in search of trapped survivors, in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, on Wednesday. Reports have provided conflicting information, with sources stating that up to 26 bodies have been found, 21 of which were children, and that 11 people have been rescued. The disaster has so far claimed the lives of at least 237 people, with the death toll expected to rise, while some 52 people had been pulled alive from collapsed buildings.
Residents of Mexico City described their ordeals the morning after a deadly earthquake on Wednesday killed over 200 people and destroyed several dozen buildings. One survivor described how she was unable to escape her apartment and could only look on in horror as the quake shook the building. A different resident was able to leave her apartment, but feared for her life in doing so.
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