Earthquakes
With only one humanitarian crossing point open from Turkey to Syria, rescuers fear the slow aid will further harm Syrians already suffering from years of war.
The death toll was certain to keep increasing as search teams locate more bodies in the rubble.
Turkish President Recep Tayypi Erdogan referred to the quake as the “disaster of the century."
The earthquake affected an area that is home to 13.5 million people in Turkey and an unknown number in Syria.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Political pressures and changing weather could hamper the humanitarian efforts.
The official said injuries and fatalities linked to severe earthquakes often rise “significantly” in the week after the disaster.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California, jolting people awake, and thousands were without power afterward.
The temblor sent terrified residents fleeing into the streets, some covered in blood and debris, and caused buildings around the rural area to collapse.
The magnitude 6.8 temblor rattled an already jittery country and sent residents fleeing into the streets.
The country's president said via Twitter that the secretary of the navy told him one person was killed in the port city of Manzanillo, Colima when a wall at a mall collapsed.