It’s been two and a half weeks since that devastating earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria.

Over 50,000 people have been confirmed killed across both countries, another 1.7 million people displaced.

One Turkish-American seismologist who’s researched the quake fault line that ruptured on February 6 is spearheading a major relief effort in the U.S.

CGTN’s Hendrik Sybrandy reports.