Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38 Turkish rescue teams have been working against the clock in freezing temperatures to pull more survivors from collapsed buildingsANKARA, Turkey -- Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, days after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the country's east. Turkish authorities said the death toll rose to at least 38 people from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Friday night. More than 780 aftershocks rocked the region as over 3,500 rescue experts scrambled through wrecked buildings to reach survivors, working around the clock. Rescue teams concentrated their efforts in the city's Mustafa Pasa neighborhood and the nearby town of Sivrice. It's not the first time that Elazig has seen a fatal quake — a magnitude 6.0 earthquake killed 51 people there in 2010.

Source: ABC News January 26, 2020 06:57 UTC