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Why have so many earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria?

Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are common, but the magnitude 7.8 that shook the region on 6 February at 4:17am local time is clearly impressive. To find earthquakes this strong on this particular fault, we would have to go back to the year 1114.

The Conversation

Appeal to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria raises £32m in 24 hours

The Disasters Emergency Committee’s fund was boosted by donations from the King and matching funding from the UK Government.

The Independent UK

Eddie Howe sends heartfelt message to Christian Atsu amid Turkey earthquake rescue mission

Former Newcastle winger Christian Atsu is still missing in south-east Turkey following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck the area on Monday morning

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Newborn, toddlers survive days in rubble, bringing joy amid earthquake tragedy

Crouched under concrete slabs and whispering "inshallah" (God willing), rescuers carefully reached into the rubble, then passed down the line their prize - a 10-day-old newborn who survived four days with his mother in the collapsed building.

Reuters

Rare rescues give hope amid rising quake toll in Turkey, Syria

Volunteers continue for a fifth consecutive day to dig into the debris amid despair and shrinking hopes.

Al Jazeera

After 104 hours buried by Turkey earthquake, woman brought out alive

Rescuers pulled a woman alive out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Friday, prompting cheers from onlookers 104 hours after she was buried by the huge earthquake that wrought death and destruction across the region.

Reuters

Geological impact of Turkey-Syria earthquake slowly comes into focus

Subsidence has caused flooding, while hillsides are at risk of landslip, which mean roads may need to be rerouted and people rehomed

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The six-person team working out of a Stockport warehouse who are saving lives in Turkey and Syria

The charity has sprung into action after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.

Manchester Evening News

Man's mother and brother died in each other's arms in Turkey earthquake

Kerem Aydin received the terrible news that his mother and brother had both died in the earthquake, and they were found hugging in the rubble-strewn remains of their home in Antakya

Daily Mirror

Aid workers speak of concern for ‘nightmare scenario’ facing Syria after quake

Survivors are still being found in Turkey on Friday, including six family members trapped under a collapsed building.

The Independent UK

Baby pulled alive from rubble of Turkey earthquake as families cling to slim hopes

A mother and her ten-year-old son were also found alive after 101 hours trapped in a destroyed building in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

Evening Standard

No room for the dead as cemeteries in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria fill up

Bodies are piled up in stadiums or car parks for identification; coffins are being brought in and mass graves dug

The Guardian - UK

Japanese rescue workers join search for survivors in Turkey

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey -- A Japanese disaster relief team has joined search and rescue operations in Kahramanmaras, near the epicenter of the earthquake that shook southern Turkey on Monday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Braehead shopping centre to collect donations for Turkey and Syria 'humanitarian disaster'

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Glasgow businessman’s devastation as Turkish family living out of car after earthquake destroyed home

Mehmet Sunna is looking to raise funds for his hometown Pazarcik after it was struck by the horrific earthquake on Monday, leaving his family homeless and thousands dead.

Manchester Evening News

Turkey-Syria earthquake claims over 20,000 lives as hopes of finding survivors dwindle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the quake "the disaster of the century" as the death toll continues to rise

Daily Mirror

Football Factory star's family found after being 'pulled from Turkey earthquake rubble'

Football Factory actor Tamer Hassan shared an update to reveal his family members are now 'safe' and were 'pulled from the rubble' after being caught in the devastating earthquake in Turkey

The Independent UK

Turkey earthquake: 10-day-old baby saved after spending almost half his life under rubble

Boy and mother taken away in an ambulance for health checks at a hospital

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France 24

‘I have no words’: One funeral after another in Turkey’s quake-stricken Gaziantep

Four days on from the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 22,000 people in southern Turkey and Syria, funerals for the victims are taking place in the ravaged city of Gaziantep. The loss of life is such that one ceremony closely follows another.

The Independent UK

British mother cries ‘oh my God’ as she grabs baby from cot at precise moment earthquake hits

Chilling baby monitor footage shows family’s ordeal in Turkey, with little Katelyn’s music box playing on through the carnage

Reuters

World Food Programme warns of stock shortage in quake-hit northwest Syria

The World Food Programme (WFP) is running out of stocks in northwest Syria and called to open more border crossings from Turkey after both countries were ravaged by earthquakes, the U.N. food aid organisation said on Friday.

Liverpool Echo

easyJet update amid flight change to help people in Turkey and Syria

easyJet is offering a new in-flight service after the devastating earthquake has claimed thousands of lives

The Independent UK

Live Updates I Focus turns to quake aid but rescues continue

Syrian President Bashar Assad has made his first public appearance in the earthquake-devastated areas of Syria

The Independent UK

Teen girl rescued after 80 hours under Turkey rubble as emotional father looks on: ‘‘My dear, my dear!’

Melda Adtas found cold, bruised and pale, her face covered in dust from mounds of rubble

Daily Record

Perthshire people rally to get aid to Turkish earthquake zone

Deliveries of aid for the many thousands made homeless by the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 has begun leaving Perth where locals are doing what they can to assist the effort.

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