土耳其东部发生7.2级地震：至少138人遇难

Huge earthquake hits southeast Turkey

地震袭击土耳其东部：死亡人数上升至138人

Turkey's prime minister says the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey has killed at least 138 people.

土耳其总理称发生在土耳其东部7.2级的地震已经造成至少138人死亡。

Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Sunday's earthquake has killed at least 93 people in the city of Van and 45 people in the nearby town of Ercis.

总理埃尔多安表示周日的地震造成了东部凡省省会凡城93人死亡，临近受灾最为严重的埃尔吉希县有45人死亡。

Rescuers searched rubble for trapped people after buildings collapse.

地震造成建筑物倒塌，营救人员在碎石堆里搜救被困人员。

Up to a 1,000 people are feared dead after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit southeast Turkey on Sunday, triggering the collapse of dozens of buildings across the region, the Kandilli Observatory said.

土耳其坎迪利天文台与地震研究所表示，周日发生在土耳其东部的7.2级地震造成了整个地区的多处房屋倒塌，死亡人数可能上升至1000人。

Emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped in buildings in the city of Van and surrounding districts on the banks of Lake Van, near Turkey's border with Iran.

急救人员在凡城及凡湖周边地区奋力营救被困在倒塌房屋下的人们。土耳其境内最大湖泊凡湖的位置靠近土耳其与伊朗边境。

Some 10 buildings collapsed in Van city and about 25-30 buildings were brought to the ground in the nearby district of Ercis, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said.

副总理阿塔拉伊称凡城有近十座建筑物倒塌，地震还造成埃尔吉希县有25到30座建筑物塌陷。

"We estimate around 1,000 buildings are damaged and our estimate is for hundreds of lives lost. It could be 500 or 1,000," Kandilli Observatory general manager Mustafa Erdik told a news conference.

坎迪利天文台与地震研究所负责人穆斯塔法在资讯发布会上表示，据估计有1000座建筑物在地震中受到破坏，预计死亡和失踪人数将达到500到1000人。

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was traveling to Van and the cabinet was expected to discuss the quake at a meeting called for Monday morning.

地震发生后，总理埃尔多安前往凡省进行视察灾情。周一早上土耳其内阁将就地震召开会议。