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Rescue workers made a final push Thursday to find survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria that rendered many communities unrecognizable to their inhabitants and led the Turkish president to declare it "the disaster of the century." The death toll topped 20,000.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered about 20 miles from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital in Turkey.
Rescuers in Turkey have pulled several more earthquake survivors from the shattered remnants of buildings. The survivors include people who lasted more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete.
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — The president of Turkey on Wednesday acknowledged “shortcomings” in his country's response to the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade as hope dwindled that more survivors would emerge from the rubble of thousan
Monday’s powerful 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has killed more than 11,000 people, officials say. Rescue teams from more than 20 countries continue to search for both survivors and those killed.