Bricks and other debris lay on top of a row of parked cars in Mexico City. The epicenter was over 200 miles from the Mexican capital. Hector Hernandez surveys the damage to his parked vehicle in Mexico City following the Sept. 30th quake. Teams from around the world went to Taiwan to help in the painstaking process of searching the rubble for survivors. A bridge in the city of Tungshi, located in central Taiwan, is closed after portions collapsed following the quake.
Residents watch ongoing rescue operations at a toppled building near Taichung, Taiwan.
The woman was rescued alive and was taken to a hospital for treatment. Earthquake survivors look at a collapsed building in Istanbul, Turkey. The worst recorded earthquake to hit western Turkey killed thousands, leveled entire city blocks, and cut off power and water to millions. Destroyed apartment buildings lay next to relatively undamaged ones in this aerial view of Sakarya, Turkey.