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

2020-11-01 15:29:34

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 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a building in Izmir after being trapped for some 33 hours. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said Friday's quake was 7.0 magnitude, but Turkey put it lower at 6.6. The shallow tremor triggered tidal waves that hit coastal areas and islands in both Turkey and Greece.