Turkey, Syria Earthquake Today: Heartbreaking photos of victims

Turkey, Syria Earthquake Today: A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, toppling buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the area. 

Shivani Tiwari | Feb 06, 2023, 02:58 PM IST

Turkey, Syria Earthquake Today: A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, toppling buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the area. As per PTI, at least 640 were killed and hundreds injured, and the toll was expected to rise.
Rescue workers and residents searched for survivors under the rubble of their homes in multiple cities, working through tangles of metal and chunks of concrete.

(with PTI and Reuters inputs)

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People search through rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey February 6, 2023. Pic: Reuters

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A man walks past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Malatya, Turkey February 6, 2023. Pic: Reuters

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People stand in front of a collapsed residential building after an earthquake in Malatya, Turkey February 6, 2023. Pic: Reuters

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People search through rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey February 6, 2023, in this still image taken from video. Pic: Reuters

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Rescuers work amid the rubble from collapsed and damaged buildings following an earthquake, in Hama, Syria, February 6, 2023. Pic: Reuters

 

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Rescuers try to pull out a survivor from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey February 6, 2023. Pic: Reuters

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