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A man walk between tents set up as relief shelters for earthquake victims in Ercis, October 27, 2011. Survivors of eastern Turkey's earthquake pleaded for more tents on Thursday, fearing death from cold after a tremor that killed at least 523 and left thousands sleeping in the open.
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Rescue workers carry a baby from a collapsed building in Ercis, October 25, 2011. A 14-day-old baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey.
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Rescue workers carry baby Azra, two weeks old, after they pulled her out from a collapsed building, in Ercis, October 25.
We’re just hearing now that they were able to also rescue the baby's mother who was trapped under the debris. Full story.
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A man, center, holds the body of his daughter, killed in an earthquake, before her burial at a cemetery in Ercis, October 24, 2011.
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Residents grab tents from Turkish Red Crescent track, one day after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011.
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Turkish men sleep on a couch in the street following the earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011.
Aid organizations are rushing to provide temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors in Turkey. Full story.
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A rescue worker carries a boy to an ambulance after his team found him alive in a collapsed building in Ercis, Turkey, Oct.24, 2011.
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Rescue workers carry a wounded man from a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake rocked eastern Turkey, in the city of Ercis, Turkey, Oct. 24.
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A rescue worker carrying a girl runs to an ambulance after his team found her alive in a collapsed building in Ercis, Oct. 24.
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A man searches for his relatives in a collapsed building after an earthquake in Ercis, Turkey, early Octo. 24. Rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors crying for help from under rubble.
Today hope is alive in Ercis as survivors are pulled from underneath collapsed buildings, though they expect the death toll to be in the hundreds.
Updated 9:01am ET: New story of survival, 'Fiance saves woman from beneath quake's rubble'
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Rescue workers try to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in a village near the eastern Turkish city of Van Oct. 23. Turkey's Kandilli Observatory estimates that some 500 to 1,000 people were killed in a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey's Van province on Sunday. Separately, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told reporters some 10 buildings had collapsed in Van city and around 25-30 buildings collapsed in the nearby district of Ercis.
According to NBC, msnbc.com and news services:
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing about 45 buildings according to the deputy prime minister.
Only one death was immediately confirmed, but scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could have been killed.
The worst damage was caused to the town of Ercis, in the mountainous eastern province of Van, close to the Iranian border. The city of Van also suffered substantial damage.
"Around 10 buildings have collapsed in the city of Van and around 25 or 30 have collapsed in Ercis, including a dormitory," Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said.
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