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Damage from the earthquake that struck the city of Izmir, Turkey
The city of Izmir was badly affected by the earthquake in Turkey, which left dozens of victims and injuries.
Rescue efforts are still ongoing in Turkey, to rescue stranded people and victims from under the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of the strong earthquake that hit the Turkish Aegean coast, with the city of Izmir being hit the hardest. along with the Greek island of Samos.
So far, the earthquake has killed 26 people in Turkey and injured at least 885 people, in addition to the death of two teenagers in Greece and at least 19 injured.
The Istanbul-based Kandilli Institute said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9, with its epicenter in the Aegean Sea, northeast of Samos, while the Department of Disaster and Emergency Management said its intensity was 6.6 . It struck at a depth of about 10 miles.
In Turkey, Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Korum said that some 100 people had been rescued from the rubble and noted that some 5,000 rescue teams were working on the ground.
On Saturday, rescue forces managed to recover Ensi Okan, who was still alive under the rubble of a destroyed eight-story apartment building, as friends and family waited outside the building to receive news of their loved ones, who were still trapped. inside, including the staff of a dentist’s clinic. On the ground floor.
Two other women, ages 53 to 35, were also rescued from another collapsed two-story building, according to the Associated Press.
Rescue teams also managed to pull a mother and three of her children out from under the rubble of a demolished building in Izmir on Saturday, as rescue efforts continue to free the fourth child, according to Reuters.
The head of the Aegean coastal city said about 180 people were still trapped under the rubble.
“In the meantime, we are happy to hear that miracles happen as a result of the tireless work of rescue teams,” Mayor Tong Sawyer told Fox TV.
Turkey is reported to be faulted and vulnerable to earthquakes. In 1999, two powerful earthquakes killed some 87,000 people in northwestern Turkey. Earthquakes are also common in Greece.
