Earthquake in Turkey

Scores were killed and hundreds were injured in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that toppled buildings in the east.

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Oct. 27, 2011

A Turkish official checks an earthquake-hit building in Alakoy village, Turkey. Survivors of eastern Turkey's earthquake pleaded for more tents on Thursday, fearing death from cold after a tremor killed more than 500 people and left thousands sleeping out in the open.

Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters

Oct. 27, 2011

Survivors watch as rescue workers carry the body of a victim of an earthquake in Ercis, Turkey. In its latest damage assessment bulletin, the prime minister's emergency unit said that 523 people are confirmed dead after the 7.2-magnitude quake struck. Another 1,650 have been injured in the disaster, officials say.

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Oct. 27, 2011

Tents are set up as relief shelters for earthquake victims in Ercis, Turkey.

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Oct. 27, 2011

A woman tries to grab a package from a boy during an aid-distributing session in Ercis, Turkey. Snow blanketed eastern Turkey, complicating rescue efforts and bringing more misery for the thousands left homeless by a devastating 7.2-magnitude quake.

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Oct. 26, 2011

Earthquake survivor Semiha Karaduman holds her 2-week-old baby girl, Azra, at a hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Rescuers pulled Azra from a collapsed apartment Tuesday, two days after a powerful earthquake hit. The baby's grandmother was also brought out alive.

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Oct. 26, 2011

Soldiers stand in the street after the earthquake in Van, Turkey.

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Oct. 26, 2011

People wave at a military helicopter flying past at a stadium currently being used as a relief shelter for earthquake victims in Ercis, Turkey.

Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters

Oct.26, 2011

A girl stands in front of a destroyed building after an earthquake in the village of Guveali Koyu in Van, Turkey.

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Oct.26, 2011

Members of a Turkish army search and rescue unit try to reach people trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in Ercis, Turkey.

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Oct. 25, 2011

A 14-day-old baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey.

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Oct. 25, 2011

A Turkish medical doctor carries Azra Karaduman, a two-week-old baby girl saved by Turkish rescuers who continue to work to save people trapped under debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey.

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Oct. 25, 2011

Rescue workers carry a baby, Azra Karaduman, from a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van.

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Oct. 25, 2011

Azeri rescuers inspect a hole in the debris to search for possible survivors trapped under a collapsed building where seven people are believed to be buried in eastern Turkey.The powerful Sunday quake in eastern Turkey killed hundreds of people.

Burhan Ozbilici / AP

Oct. 24, 2011

Rescuers work to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 24, 2011

Emergency service workers carry a victim of the earthquake during the rescue operations in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van. More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more feared dead on Monday after an earthquake struck parts of southeast Turkey, where rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 24, 2011

A rescue worker carries a boy to an ambulance after his team found him alive in a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van.

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Oct. 24, 2011

Rescue workers try to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 24, 2011

A Turkish mother, who declined to give her name, walks among the debris as she looks for her daughter trapped inside, as rescuers work to save people from debris in eastern Turkey.

Burhan Ozbilici / AP

Oct. 24, 2011

Survivors gather around a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 24, 2011

People hold bread loaves provided by rescuers after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey.

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Oct. 24, 2011

Turkish men sleep on a couch in a street after an earthquake in eastern Turkey.

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Oct. 24, 2011

A Turkish man stands amid the rubble of an earthquake-damaged building in Van, eastern Turkey.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Residents of Ercis warm themselves with fires built on the streets.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Rescue workers search for victims trapped under debris in Ercis, an eastern city of 75,000 close to the Iranian border.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 23, 2011

A man is given fluids as he waits to be rescued from a collapsed building in Ercis.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 23, 2011

Residents of Ercis, the area hit hardest by the temblor, gather by a fire amid collapsed buildings.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Rescuers search for people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, which lies in one of Turkey's most seismically active regions.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 23, 2011

A Turkish man takes part in a rescue operation in a collapsed building in eastern Turkey.

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Survivors stand in front of a collapsed building in Ercis, Turkey.

Osman Orsal / Reuters

Oct. 23, 2011

People rescue a woman trapped under debris in Van, Turkey.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Survivors react after seeing the damage caused by an earthquake in the eastern Turkish city of Van.

Abdurrahman Antakyali / Anadolu Agency via Reuters

Oct. 23, 2011

A man stands on top of a car as other men take part in a rescue operation in Van, Turkey.

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Oct. 23, 2011

A survivor is carried to an ambulance in Van, Turkey.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Rescue workers try to save people trapped under debris in Van.

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Oct. 23, 2011

A survivor is carried to an ambulance in Van.

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Oct. 23, 2011

People try to save survivors trapped under debris near Van.

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