A woman who survived for 9 days under the rubble of Turkey’s deadly earthquake didn’t know what day it was when she was rescued and immediately asked for water

• A woman was rescued from earthquake rubble in Turkey after nine days, according to CNN and Anadolu.
• The woman reportedly asked, "What day is it?" and wanted water when pulled from debris.

A woman and her two children were rescued in Turkey on Wednesday after spending nine days under rubble from last week's earthquake, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu reported.

When the woman was pulled from the debris, she asked, "What day is it?" CNN reported, citing Anadolu

She also asked for water, but rescue personnel Mehmet Eryilmaz said they deferred to paramedics to care for her.

The woman and her children survived for 228 hours — or nine-and-a-half days — under the rubble.

According to Reuters, rescue efforts are decreasing in frequency as the focus has shifted to supporting survivors and providing shelter and heat in the harsh winter weather. Reuters reported Wednesday that many people are without running water and medicine.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria last week, killing over 40,000 people. Rescuers continued to pull survivors out of the rubble for days after the initial quake.

In one case, an 8-year-old boy was rescued from under a collapsed building after being stuck for 52 hours.

A pregnant woman went into labor during the earthquake and gave birth while trapped under the rubble. Workers were able to rescue the woman's baby, but the mother died before they could save her.

Ghanaian soccer star Christian Atsu was buried under the rubble hours after scoring a last-minute goal to win a league game. There are conflicting reports as to whether he was rescued or remains missing.

In a press conference last Thursday, Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan called it "the disaster of the century."

Read more of Insider's coverage of the earthquake and its aftermath.