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Near the syrian border. the earthquake is worse than the war because it came suddenly. we were sleeping and it happened suddenly. whereas when there is a war, you know it in advance, you hide in basements, mountains or deserts. the earthquake surprised us, we were not able to run or do anything. we just got out. "why cant we go home? because all the houses are shaking. it shook again the other day, we had no choice but to leave. we have become homeless. we are all here. what can we do? melinda y...

Through the bab—al—hawa crossing. and people really need help. according to state media, the quake has forced more than 298,000 people to leave their homes. theyre lighting fires amid the rubble simply to stay warm, overnight temperatures are below freezing in northern syria. and across the border in turkey, many of the 3.6 million syrian refugees who fled to escape the war in syria have found themselves homeless again. these syrians are sheltering in a mosque in the city of diyar—bakir ne...

Across a huge area, the rescue efforts began. with diggers and sniffer dogs, teams of people began to dig frantically in search of survivors. for decades, turkey has been bracing itself for a huge quake. tonight everyone is a rescuer, and they all want to find a survivor. its a painful wait for news. translation: there are people still trapped under rubble. - i have a friend living in this apartment. his children were rescued from the top floor, but only his daughter broke an arm. well see what ...

Cause the most damage. in towns and cities across a huge area, the rescue efforts began. with diggers and sniffer dogs, teams of people began to dig frantically in search of survivors. for decades, turkey has been bracing itself for a huge quake. tonight everyone is a rescuer, and they all want to find a survivor. its a painful wait for news. translation: there are people still trapped under rubble. - i have a friend living in this apartment. his children were rescued from the top floor, but onl...

Have happened over the last century, the east anatolian fault — where this struck — has been much less active, and tension has been building up along it until today when it was released in a huge earthquake. what made this particularly deadly is that it struck at a shallow depth. just 11 miles beneath the surface. this is magnitude 7, nearly magnitude 8. this was a big one. this is an earthquake such as we dont get more than about 20—odd every year somewhere in the world, so this was big, ...

Seismically active regions. the reason for that is because turkey sits where three tectonic plates come together. the arabian plate pushes upwards into the eurasian plate, that forces the anatolian plate west, moving about 2cm every year. where the plates grind past each other, other fault lines are created. the north anatolian fault has been where major earthquakes have happened over the last century, but the east anatolian fault — where this struck — has been much less active, so tension h...

Immediately. in southern turkey, a young man trapped, desperation in his eyes and in the predawn darkness, a moment of joy. pulled from the wreckage, this was a residential building full of families asleep and their homes when the massive earthquake struck. >> i was sleeping when my wife woke me up. the quake was very severe and very scary. it took almost two minutes until the shaking stopped. >> as the hours go by, more rescues, hospitals also begin to overflow. reported deaths going up by the ...

Hours and days. flattened in seconds. moments later, two aftershocks. a turkish tv crew reporting live during the makings of an apocalyptic scene, the reporter grabbing a young girl as the rebel and smoke settles around them. rescue efforts beginning immediately. in southern turkey, a young man trapped, desperation in his eyes. then in the predawn darkness, a moment of joy. pulled from the wreckage. this was a residential building full of families, asleep in their homes when the massive earthqua...

Earthquake. what made this particularly deadly is that it struck at a shallow depth. just 11 miles beneath the surface. this is magnitude 7, nearly magnitude 8. this was a big one. this is an earthquake such as we dont get more than about 20—odd every year somewhere in the world, so this was big, and it was also quite shallow. if the rupture is closer to the surface, you get greater shaking of the ground surface than an earthquake of the same energy that happens at a greater depth. so it is a ...

That they understood that the timing would come up on the eve of antony blinken�*s visit. some breaking news to bring you — reports are coming in of a strong earthquake that has jolted turkey near the border with syria. with the epicentre in gaziantep, the tremor has been felt accross the region. the united states geological survey said it was of 7.8 magnitude and at a depth of ten kilometres, considered to be shallow. our producer in garzo third he felt a 45 seconds of shaking, everything i...