Turkish Rescuers Find Last Quake Victims; Death Toll Rises to 41

Turkish Rescuers Find Last Quake Victims; Death Toll Rises to 41
Rescue workers carry a wounded man that was found alive in the rubble of a building destroyed on Friday's earthquake in Elazig, eastern Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Depo Photos via AP
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ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish emergency teams on Jan. 27 recovered the bodies of the last two missing earthquake victims from the rubble of a collapsed building, raising the death toll from a powerful tremor that hit eastern Turkey to 41.

The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck late on Jan. 24 also injured more than 1,600 people, authorities said. At least 45 survivors were pulled from the rubble.