Date uploaded: 2023-02-06 14:52:56

The death toll surpassed 1,900 and was rising Monday after a powerful, pre-dawn earthquake and series of strong aftershocks collapsed thousands of buildings along the Turkish-Syrian border. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.8 quake struck at 4:17 a.m. local time. At least 20 aftershocks followed, authorities said. Hours later, a 7.5 magnitude quake struck more than 60 miles away. In Turkey, student Muhammet Fatih Yavus said three buildings fell near his home in Adana. He said he heard one survivor calling out from beneath the rubble “I don’t have the strength anymore." Read the latest updates at our link in bio. 1. Residents retrieve an injured girl from the rubble of a collapsed building in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin. AFP via Getty Images 2, 7. Civil defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Hama, Syria. Omar Sanadik, AP 3, 5. People and rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey. AP 4. Rescue workers and medical teams try to reach trapped residents in a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey. AP 6. Earthquake victims receive treatment at the al-Rahma Hospital in northern Syria. Ghaith Alsayed, AP 8. An injured child await treatment at the emergency ward of the Bab al-Hawa hospital in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the border with Turkey. Aaref Watad, AFP via Getty Images 9. A family who fled the war in Syria and live in Beirut, sit outside their home following the earthquake. Hussein Malla, AP