土耳其地震救援仍在继续

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ISTANBUL, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- As search and rescue efforts continued Monday following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in southeastern Turkey's province of Van, local municipalities and universities across Turkey mobilized to assist quake victims.
新华社伊斯坦布尔10月24日电——在土耳其东部凡省发生7.2级地震之后，周一，搜救行动还在继续，当地市政府和土耳其的大学都动员起来，帮助地震受害者。

Fifteen district municipalities in Turkey's largest city Istanbul have set up hotlines and assistance desks to gather donations from citizens and dispatch them to Van, the Turkish Dogan news agency reported.
根据土耳其Dogan通讯社的报道，土耳其最大城市伊斯坦布尔的15个区级市设立了热线和救助台来收集市民的捐赠物并把它们发送到凡省。

Collections include blankets, potable water, basic foodstuffs and other urgently needed materials.
募集到的物品包括毛毯、饮用水、基本食物以及其它紧缺物资。

Eight universities in Istanbul have also set up special operations to gather and deliver aid to those in need in Van province. Blood donations are also being collected on university campuses.
伊斯坦布尔八所大学展开特别行动，募集和发放救援物资给凡省那些需要的人。献血也在大学校园里进行着。

The latest death toll from the 7.2 quake that struck Van province is reported to be 213. Reports are also coming in of victims being rescued alive from under the rubbles of collapsed buildings nearly 24 hours after the quake.
袭击凡省的7.2级地震造成的死亡人数最新统计预计为213人。在地震发生近24小时之后，关于受害者从倒塌建筑物的碎石中被活着救出来的报道不断传来。

A total of 213 aftershocks were recorded into early hours of Monday in the wake of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake.
在发生7.2级的地震之后，星期一凌晨时分，总共记录到213次余震。

Turkey, lying atop the North Anatolian fault, has been plagued by earthquakes frequently. On March 8, 2010, at least 38 people died and dozens of others injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Elazig province in eastern Turkey. On Aug. 17, 1999, two powerful earthquakes, measuring 6.7 and 7.4 on the Richter scale respectively, hit northwestern and western Turkey, killing about 18,000 people and affecting hundreds of thousands of others.
土耳其位于位于北安纳托利亚断层上，经常遭受地震。2010年3月8日，在袭击土耳其东部埃拉泽省的6.0级地震中，至少有38人丧生，很多人受伤。1999年8月17日，里氏6.7级和里氏7.4级的两次强震分别袭击了土耳其西北部和西部，约1万8千人遇难，几十万人受灾。

A major earthquake hit Van province in November 1976, with 5, 291 confirmed dead. The province has a population of just over 1 million.
1976年11月，一次大地震袭击了凡省，经证实，5291人罹难。该省的人口数量刚好超过一百万。