Turkey earthquake: Search efforts continue for third day as death toll rises

Rescue teams in the Turkish port city of Izmir are continuing to search for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake, as officials say the death toll has increased to at least 60.

Officials said 58 people had been killed in Turkey, while two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos.

Dozens of people remain unaccounted for following the quake.

A total of 20 buildings were seriously damaged in Izmir by the tremor Friday afternoon, according to Izmir Mayor Tunc Soyer, the majority of them in the middle-class Bayrakli district.

Search-and-rescue operations remained underway in nine buildings as of Saturday afternoon, while operations have been completed in eight other buildings, Turkey's disaster agency said.

Ahmet Citim, 70, was pulled out of the rubble in the middle of the night and was hospitalised. Koca tweeted that Citim said: “I never lost hope.” The minister visited the survivor and said he was doing well.

The quake triggered a small tsunami that hit Samos and the Seferihisar district of Izmir, drowning one elderly woman.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54770210

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/europe/earthquake-turkey-greece-aegean-sea-rescue-scli-intl/index.html

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/70-year-old-pulled-alive-rubble-turkey-earthquake-death-toll-n1245658

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