Rescue of a woman in Gaziantep, Turkey, 163 hours after the earthquake

Ankara, February 13 – The Anatolia news agency reported that a woman who was under the rubble in the Turkish province of Gaziantep, was rescued 163 hours after the devastating earthquake.

“In Gaziantep, Turkey, which was badly damaged by the earthquake, a woman was rescued after being under the rubble for 163 hours. 62-year-old Nazifa Yilmaz was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Nordağı district. She was taken to hospital.”

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey on Monday morning. It was, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the strongest since 1939. On the same afternoon, another earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck. The death toll in Turkey, according to the latest data, exceeded 29.5 thousand, and the wounded – more than 80 thousand.