The death toll from Turkey’s earthquake climbed to 51 on Sunday as rescueworkers were searching eight wrecked buildings in Izmir Sunday despitedwindling hope for survivors.
The 7.0-magnitude quake also injured 896 people, the Turkish emergencyauthority AFAD said, after it struck Friday afternoon near the west coasttown of Seferihisar in Izmir province.
More than 200 people were in the ital, AFAD said.
Vice President Fuat Oktay said later Sunday the death toll had risen by twoto 51 during a visit to Izmir, adding that nearly 300 buildings weredamaged although most were only lightly affected.
Overnight, 33 hours after the quake, a 70-year-old man was pulled out fromunderneath the rubble to the applause of onlookers and taken to hospital.
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The worst affected Turkish town was Bayrakli, where anxious families inthick blankets spent a second night in tents.
Others watched nervously as rescue workers went through the debris for asecond day.
Some privately expressed concern that hopes of finding more survivors werefading as the hours pass by.
