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A strong earthquake hit the Turkish Aegean coast and the city of Izmir was hit the hardest, along with the Greek island of Samos.
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.
A rescuer, Nusrat Aksoy, said Tuesday that he heard the screams of 4-year-old Ayla Gizkin before placing her next to the dishwasher.
He explained that Ayla waved at him, told him his name and said he was fine, according to the Associated Press.
The girl’s rescue comes a day after two girls, one of whom is 3 and the other 14, were rescued from collapsed buildings in Izmir.
The death toll from the earthquake rose to 102, after emergency crews recovered more bodies in other areas of Turkey’s third-largest city.
On Saturday, rescue forces managed to rescue Ensi Okan, who was still alive under the rubble of a destroyed eight-story apartment building, while friends and family waited outside the building to receive news of his relatives, who were still trapped inside. , including clinic staff. A dentist downstairs.
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.
