[ad_1] It has been 48 hours after the strong earthquake in the Aegean. Turkey and Greece have killed 60 people and injured more than 900. Search and rescue personnel continue to carry out tasks at the site of collapsed a building in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city in the worst-hit area AND strive for the golden 72 hours of rescue time.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan noted in a televised speech some 48 hours after the earthquake that the death toll from the October 30 earthquake rose to 58. Turkey's Disaster Response Administration (AFAD) previously stated in its latest disaster report that 896 people were injured in the earthquake, and there have been at least 883 aftershocks, of which 42 are on a scale of more than 4.0.Al Jazeera reported that two people died on the Greek island of Samos and at least 19 were injured. The strong earthquake destroyed at least 7 buildings in the area and almost 10 buildings were in danger.The most exciting news from today's search and rescue scene is that the 70-year-old Ahmet Citim escaped the rubble shortly after midnight and was taken to hospital. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted that the old man said he "has never given up hope."The search and rescue dog of the Istanbul volunteer group "Search and Rescue Association" (AKUT) rescued a cat from the rubble of the collapsed building on the night of October 31 and was also featured on the Turkish news page. The report stated that the cat was trapped in two collapsed floors of the collapsed building for up to 30 hours.After the strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea on October 30, AKUT immediately dispatched 242 members of 18 units and 3 search and rescue dogs to the most affected area of Izmir (Izmir) for missions, and rescued 9 survivors within the 24 hours after the earthquake.Turkish authorities have not released an assessment of the number of people trapped, but Izmir Mayor Tunc Soyer told Fox News on October 31 that the search and rescue team is still trying to rescue those trapped under the rubble. 180 people.The strong earthquake caused the collapse of all 17 buildings in Izmir. The Minister of Environment and Urbanization, Murat Kurum, pointed out that work has been completed on 9 buildings and the search and rescue of the other 8 buildings continues.This strong earthquake occurred at 2:51 pm on October 30, local time, with its epicenter in the Aegean Sea off the Izmir province. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake with a scale of 7.0 and a focal depth of 10 kilometers. However, the reported AFAD scale is 6.6 and the focal depth is 16.5 kilometers.As the golden 72 hour rescue time per minute and second ticked by, search and rescue personnel continued to race against time. Unlike the excitement after the strong earthquake, the television images showed that the family members waiting by the collapsed building seemed calm on the afternoon of day 1. Standing outside the cordon, they seemed mute, watching the search and rescue team performing their tasks , waiting for a miracle. [ad_2]
