The earthquake centred near Ecuador’s second-largest city,which anchors a metro area of about 3 million,has killed more than a dozen people and trapped others under rubble.
Six days after the catastrophic earthquake struck south-east Turkey,Dr Rob Scott pulled the bodies of two teenage girls from the rubble that was their home.
With elections in May,Erdogan has been kissing babies and asking for forgiveness,but criminal complaints and voters are pinning the scale of the disaster on him.
Some Antakya residents complain of neglect from a central government busy with helping other provinces where it has a stronger voting base.
A fresh magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border,adding to the death and injury toll from the twin earthquakes earlier this month.
The recovery process covers many areas that are predominantly Kurdish,the largest ethnic minority in Turkey.
A team of Australians have talked about their difficult recovery role following Turkey’s “mind-blowing” earthquake disaster.
The pair were pulled from the wreckage of their building 296 hours after the earthquake and a day before rescue operations are due to end.
The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has now passed 43,000.
Seismic detection devices and telescopic cameras were flown from Australia to Turkey along with food,water purification and first aid kits,and tents for the responders.
Several children were rescued from collapsed buildings in Turkey on Monday,but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading.