Devastating Earthquake in Turkey and Syria in Moments: Salvation, Loss, Miracle
10:52 GMT, 8 February 2023
On 6 February, a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake with several powerful aftershocks, followed by another earthquake, rattled parts of Turkey and Syria, toppling thousands of homes and killing more than 7,000 in the two countries. The death toll is expected to climb, as more bodies are recovered from the rubble.
SputnikThe number of deaths in Turkey, according to the latest data, has exceeded 6,000, with more than 37,000 injured. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning and a three-month state of emergency in 10 disaster-affected provinces.
The Syrian Health Ministry said on Wednesday that the death toll from the deadly earthquake in Syria has risen to more than 1,250, and more than 2,000 people have been injured.
Many world leaders have offered assistance to the Turkish and Syrian authorities to deal with the consequences of the disaster.
Take a look at the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes in Sputnik's gallery.
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A man trapped in the rubble waits while debris is removed to work on his rescue in Hatay on 7 February 2023, a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.
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Aerial photo shows the destruction in Hatay city center, southern Turkey on Tuesday 7 February 2023.
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A newborn baby who was found still attached to her mother by her umbilical chord and pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria after a deadly earthquake, receives medical care from Doctor Hani Maaruf at a clinic in Afrin on 7 February 2023. The infant is the sole survivor of her immediate family, the rest of whom were all killed when a 7.8-magnitude quake that struck Syria and neighboring Turkey flattened the family home in the rebel-held town of Jindayris.
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Earthquake survivors gather to collect supplies at a diaper distribution in Hatay on 7 February 2023, a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.
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Residents remove an injured girl from the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake laid waste the town of Jandaris, in the countryside of Syria's north-western city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on 6February 2023.
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People on the street in the earthquake-stricken Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
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Rescuers and civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicenter, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east, on 6 February 2023.
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Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who died in the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicenter, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east, on 6 February 2023.
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Earthquake survivors sit sheltering in a tent in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.
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Personal belongings of residents of a house destroyed by the earthquake in Aleppo, Syria
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Emergency workers and medics rescue a woman from the debris of a collapsed building in Elbistan, Kahramanmaras, in southern Turkey on Tuesday 7 February 2023.
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A woman weeps as she stands beside the body of a victim in Hatay on 7 February 2023, a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.
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Children in front of an earthquake-damaged apartment building in Aleppo, Syria.
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Earthquake victims try to look for their relations in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.
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People sit in the wreckage of collapsed buildings, in Aleppo, Syria on Tuesday 7 February 2023.