Baby Survives 46 Hours In Rubble After Quake

A 14-day-old baby has miraculously survived 46 hours trapped in rubble after a powerful earthquake struck in southeast Turkey.

As the death toll neared 400 and rescuers hopes of finding more survivors alive were fading, they plucked the newborn to safety.

The little girl was quickly wrapped in a blanket and whisked away in an ambulance to the sound of overjoyed rescuers clapping.

Rescuers are now trying to reach the infant's mother who is also reportedly alive but buried in the wreckage of their home in the town of Ercis.

Her father is believed to be still missing, local reports said.

Search teams had earlier rescued a pregnant woman and her two children and also dug out a police officer and his wife from their collapsed homes.

It also followed news of a nine-year-old girl being rescued after spending over 30 hours under the debris.

This morning 366 people have been confirmed killed after the 7.2 magnitude quake hit the province of Van, near the Iranian border, on Sunday.

A further 1,300 are thought to have been injured and hundreds more are still missing.

Rescuers have travelled from all over the country to help search through the debris of dozens of collapsed buildings.

Teams with generator-powered floodlights worked into the night in the worst-hit city of Ercis, where running water and electricity were cut by the quake.

Nine-year-old Sifa was rescued after spending 34 hours under the rubble.

And earlier Mesut Ozan Yilmaz, 18, was found, 32 hours after the tea house he had been drinking in with friends collapsed on top of him.

"It was like the judgment day," he said.

Ercis' football pitch has been transformed into a sea of tents set up by relief agency Red Crescent.

A field hospital was set up in its stadium and some 1,500 units of blood have been sent to the region.

As grieving families prepared to bury their dead, others have been keeping vigil by the mounds of concrete rubble and masonry, praying there is still a chance rescue teams will find missing loved ones alive.

But with each hour, the chance of finding survivors diminishes.

"Hopes are so slim now," said 23-year-old Emrah Erbek who joined dozens of rescue workers.

The Red Crescent has been criticised for failing to provide aid and tents to some of the most needy.

Temperatures in the region have plummeted and snow is forecast for Wednesday.

The agency has distributed up to 13,000 tents and was preparing to provide temporary shelter for around 40,000 people.

But it is not known how many people have been left destitute by the disaster.

In response to the criticism, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay, overseeing relief operations in Van, promised: "From today there will be nothing our people lack."