土耳其東部發生7.2級地震：至少138人遇難

Huge earthquake hits southeast Turkey
地震襲擊土耳其東部：死亡人數上升至138人

Turkey's prime minister says the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey has killed at least 138 people.
土耳其總理稱發生在土耳其東部7.2級的地震已經造成至少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.
總理埃爾多安表示週日的地震造成了東部凡省省會凡城93人死亡，臨近受災最爲嚴重的埃爾吉希縣有45人死亡。

Rescuers searched rubble for trapped people after buildings collapse.
地震造成建築物倒塌，營救人員在碎石堆裏搜救被困人員。

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.
土耳其坎迪利天文臺與地震研究所表示，週日發生在土耳其東部的7.2級地震造成了整個地區的多處房屋倒塌，死亡人數可能上升至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.
急救人員在凡城及凡湖周邊地區奮力營救被困在倒塌房屋下的人們。土耳其境內最大湖泊凡湖的位置靠近土耳其與伊朗邊境。

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.
副總理阿塔拉伊稱凡城有近十座建築物倒塌，地震還造成埃爾吉希縣有25到30座建築物塌陷。

"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.
坎迪利天文臺與地震研究所負責人穆斯塔法在新聞發佈會上表示，據估計有1000座建築物在地震中受到破壞，預計死亡和失蹤人數將達到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.
地震發生後，總理埃爾多安前往凡省進行視察災情。週一早上土耳其內閣將就地震召開會議。