An earthquake was felt in parts of Co Donegal on Saturday

After a decade of civil war, Syria suffered huge devastation following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in early February

Ghana international Atsu (31) had been playing for Turkish Super Lig side Hatayspor

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Barry Andrews' comments came as rescue efforts continue across Turkey and Syria where the death toll is expected to continue to rise

Rachel Kuccuk’s husband Ergin lost his parents and sister to the 7.8 earthquake which hit Turkey earlier this week

Engin Calar, who runs a barber shop business in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, knows of several relatives who have been killed in collapsing buildings.

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Over 20,000 people have been confirmed dead in Turkey and Syria following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake

The actor will star in TV adverts telling the public they ‘can and must’ help people in Syria and Turkey.

Ryan Gray, of the K9 Search and Rescue charity, said they have been preparing since hearing news of the earthquakes on Monday

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Since its installation in May, the station has detected earthquakes as far away as southern Peru and the Fiji Islands

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir have pulled a young girl alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.

Rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.

Rescue teams have saved two girls from the wreck of their collapsed apartment building in the Turkish city of Izmir, three days after an earthquake.

A 70-year-old man has been rescued from a collapsed building in western Turkey some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 51 and injuring more than 900 people.

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 37 people and injured more than 800 others.

Rescue teams are scouring the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and the north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 28 people.

The death toll has risen after a strong earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, with officials saying least 26 people are dead and more than 800 have been injured.

Rescue teams are searching through the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and the north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 26 people.

A strong earthquake has struck in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.

A strong earthquake has struck between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkey’s western Izmir province and leaving at least four people dead.

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has shaken Turkey and Greece. Several buildings were wrecked in Turkey’s western Izmir province, according to officials, but there was no immediate information on casualties.