How long can people survive in the rubble of an earthquake? Searches continue ... trends now
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People can survive up to a week or more in the rubble of an earthquake, depending on their injuries, how they are trapped and weather conditions, experts have said.
Search teams from around the world have joined local emergency personnel in Turkey and Syria to look for victims from this week’s devastating earthquake that has killed thousands.
Dr Jarone Lee, an emergency and disaster medicine expert at Massachusetts General Hospital, said that while it is rare to find survivors after a week, 'there are many stories of people surviving well past the seven-day mark'.
People trapped with others are more likely to survive, as are those who are younger and without pre-existing conditions.
A rescue worker digs to reach children under the rubble of a collapsed building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Syria
A man is pulled from the rubble 65 hours after the 7.8-magnitude quake hit multiple provinces including Kahramanmaras, Turkiye
Dr Lee said: 'Typically, it is rare to find survivors after the
