Nasa tech used to locate people trapped in quakes rubble

A Chinese search and rescue crew operate in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Hatay, on Feb 14, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s south-east. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria neared 40,000 on Feb 14, 2023, with search and rescue teams starting to wind down their work. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Nasa-designed technology was deployed following the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria to help first responders locate people trapped in rubble, the US space agency said on Feb 14.

The space agency said that rescue groups in Turkey were sent a Nasa spinoff technology that can detect people trapped under rubble from Florida’s SpecOps Group.