Death toll after earthquake in Turkey increases to 95: emergencies department

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Death toll after earthquake in Turkey increases to 95: emergencies department

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Update Time : Tuesday, November 3, 2020
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Members of rescue services search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. In scenes that captured Turkey's emotional roller-coaster after a deadly earthquake, rescue workers dug two girls out alive Monday from the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings three days after the region was jolted by quake that killed scores of people. Close to a thousand people were injured. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

The death toll after the earthquake in Izmir Province in Western Turkey increased to 95, Turkey’s department of emergencies says on Tuesday.

“95 individuals died as a result of the earthquake. 847 from 994 injured individuals were discharged [from hospitals],” the department reports.

About 147 individuals remain in medical institutions. Search and rescue operations continue on sites of five collapsed and highly damaged buildings in Izmir.

The offshore earthquake with the magnitude of 6.7 was registered on October 30, 19 km northwestward from the Island of Samos. The first shock was followed by aftershocks, where some of them had the magnitude above 4. At least 20 houses in Turkey’s Izmir collapsed as a result of the earthquake, with bursts occurred also in the city of Neon Karlovasi, Greece.