Rescue teams in the Turkish port city of Izmir are continuing to search for survivors of Friday’s powerful earthquake, as officials say the death toll has increased to at least 64.
Sixty-two deaths have been confirmed in Turkey, while two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos.
Dozens of people remain unaccounted for following the quake.
A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a building in Izmir after being trapped for some 33 hours.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said Friday’s quake was 7.0 magnitude, but Turkey put it lower at 6.6.
The shallow tremor triggered tidal waves that hit coastal areas and islands in both Turkey and Greece.
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Rescue teams were searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings in western Turkey for a third day on Sunday, hoping to find survivors.
Thousands of personnel were deployed to help with the rescue efforts, using mechanical diggers to remove blocks of concrete.
A 70-year-old man, identified as Ahmet Citim, was pulled out from beneath the rubble of a destroyed residential building in Izmir in the early hours of Sunday morning and taken to hospital.
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Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca visited Mr. Citim in hospital, and said he was doing well.
Later on Sunday, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced the new national death toll of 62, all in Izmir.
It said more than 900 people had been injured, though the majority have now been discharged from hospitals.
Eight people are reported to be in intensive care.
Food was distributed among survivors and thousands of tents set up for those unable to return to their homes.
Vice-President Fuat Oktay said 26 badly damaged buildings would be demolished.
“It’s not the earthquake that kills but buildings,” he told reporters.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government was “determined to heal the wounds of our brothers and sisters in Izmir before the cold and rains begin”.
