Photo: Syrian women weep over bodies of earthquake victims
Syrian women mourn next to bodies lying on the back of a truck Tuesday in the town of Jandaris, as a search operation continues following a deadly earthquake.
Israeli response team lands in Turkey
An Israeli response team arrived in Turkey on Tuesday, launching search and rescue operations in the country.
The team consists of almost 150 personnel, who will be aiding in rescue and medical operations, as well as delivery of aid, the Israeli military said in a tweet Monday.
Death toll rises to 5,151 as thousands rescued
The death toll has risen to at least 5,151, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announcing more deaths in affected areas across Turkey.
At least 3,549 people have now been confirmed dead in the country since Monday's earthquakes, with at least 22,168 injured, he said Tuesday. At least 8,000 have been rescued from the rubble alive, he said in a speech.
In Syria, at least 812 people were dead, with at least 1,449 injured, according to the Ministry of Health. In Syrian rebel-held territories, more than 790 were killed and more than 2,200 injured, according to the White Helmets, a Syrian civil defense and medical group that operates in opposition-held areas.
Photo: Plumes of smoke rise over Turkish port city
A large fire that broke out in a section of a port was raging for a second day in the earthquake-stricken town of Iskenderun, southern Turkey, on Tuesday.
Iranian aircraft carrying critical humanitarian aid arrives in Syria
An Iranian aircraft carrying tons of emergency aid arrived in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.
"This plane carries the first batches of humanitarian aid provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran, with 45 tons of humanitarian aid on board," said the Iranian ambassador to Syria, Mahdi Sobhani, according to the state news agency SANA.
The supplies included blankets, tents, medicines, food items and other critical supplies, he said.
Beyond magnitude: A shallow earthquake hammered Turkey
Monday morning's earthquake ruptured on a shallow fault line just over 11 miles beneath the Earth’s surface, making it one of the most consequential and damaging earthquakes in recent history.
Earthquakes can originate at various depths beneath the Earth’s surface — even hundreds of miles deep. Consequences on the surface can depend on how close the shaking is.
“Turkey is extremely earthquake-prone, but this is probably the largest earthquake in Turkey in several hundred years,” said Harold Tobin, the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and a professor in the University of Washington department of Earth and space sciences.
Turkey declares a state of emergency in the affected areas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency in the affected areas after quakes that left more than 5,000 dead and thousands more injured.
"We are declaring 10 cities impacted by the earthquake zone," he said in statement Tuesday, adding that the emergency will last for three months.
Photo: A devastated Turkish woman sits near a collapsed building
A woman sits on the rubble as emergency rescue teams search for people under the remains of destroyed buildings on the outskirts of Osmaniye city in southern Turkey, on Tuesday.
Baby and mother reportedly rescued after 29 hours under a collapsed building
A woman and her baby were rescued in the southern Turkish region of Hatay after being stuck for around 29 hours in the rubble of a collapsed building, the state news agency Anadolu reported.
The video posted by the Anadolu Agency showed rescuers pulling out the crying baby followed by the mother. They were then attended to by medics.
An ancient Turkish city contends with rubble and terror
Gaziantep, an ancient Turkish city badly damaged by the massive earthquake, was paralyzed Monday by widespread destruction — and by panic, survivors told NBC News.
While rescue teams were pulling the living and the dead from the wreckage, government tourism official Resat Taman was trying to beat back unfounded and rapidly spreading rumors that yet another quake was about to strike, as the city continued to be rocked by aftershocks.
“Everybody says next earthquake is coming and it will be so bad,” Taman said. “And this is really horrifying. Because it is not safe information and everybody is in a panic now because of this stupid information.”