Turkey-Syria earthquake updates: Toddler rescued from rubble

Turkey-Syria earthquake news from February 9: Hopes of finding survivors are quickly dwindling, but rescue teams are still pulling people out alive.

2-year-old Mert Tatar is rescued under rubble after 79 hours of 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkiye included Hatay, Turkiye on February 09, 2023. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis. Later, at 13.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. Turkiye declared 7 days of national mourning after deadly earthquakes in southern provinces. (Photo by Erzurum AFAD / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Two-year-old Mert Tatar is rescued from under the rubble after 79 hours [Erzurum Afad/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images]
By Mersiha Gadzo, Virginia Pietromarchi and Zaheena Rasheed
Published On 9 Feb 2023

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