A rescuer searches for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of a building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
A man looks at rescue personnel searching for victims and survivors through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
People warm themselves around a bonfire in the rubble in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Collapsed buildings are seen in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Rescue personnel search for victims and survivors through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Rescue personnel search for victims and survivors through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Rescue personnel search through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Rescue personnel search through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
People take rest next to bonfire in the rubble in Hatay, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 6, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Police officer Zekeriya Yildiz hugs his daughter after they saved her from the rubble in Hatay on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
People take a rest next to a bonfire in the rubble in Hatay, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 6, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
People take a rest next to a bonfire in the rubble in Hatay on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 6, 2023. - A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Residents and rescuers search for victims and survivors following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022. - At least 1,293 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Residents and rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022. - At least 1,293 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Residents and rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022. - At least 1,293 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Residents and rescuers recover a victim from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022. - At least 1,293 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held noryhwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 6, 2022. - At least 1,293 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Earthquake kills thousands in Turkey and Syria