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Earth shook due to an earthquake in New Zealand, 7.8-magnitude measured on the Richter scale

Meanwhile, a week after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, relief and rescue operations are in full swing and people buried under the rubble are being rescued. A 10-year-old girl was rescued after 147 hours under the rubble on Sunday.

New Delhi: There is no recovery from the terrible earthquakes in Turkey and Syria there has been a terrible earthquake in New Zealand as well. Its intensity has been measured at 6.1 on the Richter scale.


The epicentre of the earthquake is being reported 78 km northwest of Lower Hutt, New Zealand. At the same time, before this, there was an earthquake of 7.8 magnitudes in Turkey and Syria, where more than 35 thousand people have died so far.


Rescue operations going on a war footing in Turkey and Syria

Meanwhile, a week after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, relief and rescue operations are in full swing and people buried under the rubble are being rescued.


A 10-year-old girl was rescued after 147 hours under the rubble on Sunday. According to the mayor of Istanbul, a girl was rescued on Sunday, some 162 hours after the earthquake. A 50-year-old woman named Guler Agritis was also rescued from under the rubble on Sunday, Turkish state broadcaster TRT reported.


A two-month-old baby was rescued in Turkey's Hatay province, 108 hours after a deadly earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Sunday, according to Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.

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