This is the heartwarming moment a little girl pulled from the Turkey earthquake rubble smiled at her saviors.

Footage shows the emergency crews descending into a man-sized hole among the debris to reach the dust-covered child.

The toddler emerged shaken and cloaked in the dirt but looked gratefully at the rescuers who were able to find her trapped under the collapsed home in Kahramanmaras.

Paramedics standing close by take over the child and strap it into a carrier as a large crowd witnessing the miraculous rescue erupted in loud applause and cheers.

They covered the child with a blanket to keep her warm before lifting the makeshift stretcher and transferring the child to a local hospital.

The General Commandership Of the Gendarmerie of Turkey confirmed the rescue.

This is the heartwarming moment a little girl pulled from the Turkey earthquake rubble smiled at her saviors.

Footage shows the emergency crews descending into a man-sized hole among the debris to reach the dustr-covered child.

The toddler emerged shaken and cloaked in the dirt but looked gratefully at the rescuers who were able to find her trapped under the collapsed home in Kahramanmaras.

Paramedics standing close by take over the child and strap it into a carrier as a large crowd witnessing the miraculous rescue erupted in loud applause and cheers.

They covered the child with a blanket to keep her warm before lifting the makeshift stretcher and transferring the child to a local hospital.

The General Commandership Of the Gendarmerie of Turkey confirmed the rescue.

The catastrophic magnitude 7.8 quake, measured at a depth of 24.1 kilometres, hit 23 kilometres east of Nurdagi in Gaziantep province in neighbouring Turkey at around 4 am on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.

Several aftershocks, including quakes of magnitudes 6.7 and 7.5, struck the same region hours after.

The tragic earthquake is said to be among the strongest to hit Turkey in the last century with the death toll reaching more than 37,000 across Turkey and Syria.