...According To Report, A Baby Born Under The Rubbles Was Rescued Alive And The Mother Dead
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan On Tuesday said that he was declaring a state of emergency for three months across 10 provinces in the earthquake zone, according to Turkish media.
The country's vice president, Fuat Oktay, told reporters 8,000 people had been pulled from under the rubble. He said there were 20,000 people taking part in the rescue efforts.
Tens of thousands of people were injured in the two nations and several others were left homeless in harsh winter conditions.
Meanwhile, nearly 6,000 buildings were destroyed in the disaster, the country’s disaster management officials have announced.
Erdogan had earlier declared a seven-day period of national mourning for the victims of the disaster, which he called the strongest the country has seen since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake.
The 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at 04:17 (01:17 GMT) on Monday at a depth of 17.9km (11 miles) near the city of Gaziantep, according to the US Geological Survey.
A later tremor had a magnitude of 7.5 and its epicentre was in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras province.
On Tuesday morning, traffic was at a standstill on the main highway to the Turkish city of Maras, close to the epicentre of the quake.
Cars occasionally crawled forward, the wet road illuminated by glowing red brake lights. Few rescuers have made it to this part of southern Turkey yet.
One search and rescue team on their way to the city, their van loaded with specialist equipment and supplies, told the BBC they were eager to start looking for survivors, but they had no idea how bad the devastation would be when they arrived.
Nationally, 8,000 people have been rescued from more than 4,700 destroyed buildings, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said in its latest statement.
