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Turkey continues rescue work after powerful earthquake, death toll hits 81

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Published on: June 16, 2023

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IZMIR, TURKEY – NOVEMBER 02: A screen grab captured from a video shows Turkish rescue teams pull a 3-year-old survivor, Elif Perincek, out of the debris after the 65 hours after the quake as search and rescue works continue at collapsed Doganlar Apartment building aftermath of a magnitude 6.6 quake shook Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast, in Izmir, Turkey on November 02, 2020. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Rescue teams in the western Turkish city of Izmir are continuing to search for survivors of Friday’s powerful earthquake, as the death toll increased to 81.

According to Turkish authorities 79 were killed in Izmir, while while two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos, Reuters reported.

Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Authority (AFAD), said 962 people had been injured in the earthquake, adding that more than 3,500 tents and 13,000 beds have been supplied to provide temporary shelter.

AFAD also said that 740 victims had so far been discharged from hospital.

Istanbul-based Kandilli Institute said that Friday’s earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9, and was centered in the Aegean Sea, northeast of Samos.

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