Deadly earthquake hit Turkey again, at least 7 killed - eTaiwan News

After a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey, at least 7 people have been killed, and damage is rising. Rescue workers have pulled out 23 survivors from the rubble of three collapsed buildings. The country's disaster management authority said on Thursday. At least seven were killed and dozens of others trapped.

Twenty-five buildings have collapsed, including a six-storey hotel in the city of Van, where journalists and aid workers were staying, officials said.

Emergency workers said 23 people have been rescued alive but that many more remain unaccounted for.

Rescue workers sped up their search for survivors by daylight on Thursday, trying to open tunnels into the debris, CNN-Turk television reported. The workers used the glare of high-powered lights to work throughout the night despite several aftershocks.

Atalay said on Thursday that the rescue work was concentrating at the site of two collapsed hotels and one apartment building. The disaster management authority said 23 survivors were pulled out along with the bodies of seven people.