Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000; Turkey Starts Legal Action Against Builders

Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000; Turkey Starts Legal Action Against Builders
Rescuers carry Aisha, a 5-year-old Syrian girl, who survived a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Feb. 11, 2023. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
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ANTAKYA, Turkey—Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over some building collapses.

With chances of finding more survivors growing more remote, the toll in both countries from Monday’s earthquake and major aftershocks rose above 33,000 and looked set to keep growing. It was the deadliest quake in Turkey since 1939.