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Powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnns scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? >> reporter: thats right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to ear...

Casualties. maybe it is still early— casualties. maybe it is still early but we have not seen any sort _ early but we have not seen any sort of — early but we have not seen any sort of damage or casualties in the area — sort of damage or casualties in the area but most of the people in gaza — the area but most of the people in gaza and west bank, israel, across— in gaza and west bank, israel, across the _ in gaza and west bank, israel, across the entire area, they felt — across the e...

But there along that border with syria in northern syria it was a he very strong shaking as well and may even have some more vulnerable structures there as well. you know, people are not as well equipped as maybe some of the larger cities elsewhere to handle the shaking of an earthquake of this magnitude. so yeah, even though you may be 100, 200, 300 kilometers away from the epicenter you were still feeling pretty violent shaking. >> yes. and obviously, were expecting lots of aftershocks and pot...

Injured in syria after that earthquake hit southern turkey. >> im glad you brought that up. were talking a lot about turkey because thats where the epicenter of this quake was. but especially a quake of this magnitude in this mart of the world the shaking goes on for a long way. and im looking at the map now. northern syria. in aleppo they felt shaking equivalent to about a 6 -- between a 6 and a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. so thats significant shaking that theyre going to have in northern syria a...

7.8 magnitude shaking, that is extremely violent shaking will take down good buildings, you her scott saying theyre trying to take them down and build earthquake proof, we talk about that a lot with the idea of weather primarily hurricanes, making something hurricane, proof, you can do that to a point after awhile its a category 3, 4, 5, hurricane, you cant do much to prepare for that, a 7.8 earthquake if you were truly near the epicenter where the fault is striking at its worst, theyre not much...

100 miles going up into the mountains, rural rugged terrain, landslides , we know theres month rain and snow on the way. thats got make things slide even more when you get into the terrain, two, 3,000 feet up into the mountains, that the certainly something that concerns me. you mentioned the death toll, one thing we can look at the united states gee logic survey runs models, and they take into effect the earthquake, the shaking, where it occurred, the vulnerability of the structure, how deep it...

From the top floor, only his daughter broke an arm. we will see what happened to those on the ground floor. may god give us a speedy recovery. translation: i was sleeping when my wife woke me up. i the quake was very severe, very scary. | it took almost two minutes until the shaking stopped. i the search continues for those who may be trapped inside the stricken buildings. it is not clear yet if anybody has been found alive. the international community has already promised to give aid. across th...

As the plates grind past each other, tension gradually builds up along the fault line before its released, resulting in an earthquake. the east anatolian fault line is around 250 miles long, but whats made the quake so deadly is how shallow it is. it happened at a depth ofjust 11 miles. since 1970, this region has seen three earthquakes greater than magnitude six. this is magnitude seven, nearly magnitude eight, this was a big one. this was an earthquake such as we dont get more than about 20 of...

Some major earthquakes over the last century. but the east anatolian fault — where this earthquake struck — has been less active. so tension has built up along it — until today when it was released in this huge earthquake. whats made this particularly deadly though is that it struck at a shallow depth, just 11 miles below the surface. this is magnitude seven, nearly magnitude eight. this was a big one. this is an earthquake such as we dont get more than about 20—odd every year somewhere ...

Over 1,000 fatalities, that shouldnt be a surprise, from the ones in recent history that is werent even this strong, 7.0 or 5 doesnt sound like a lot to go up to 7.8 but it is significantly more shaking and over a really wide area. >> as youve been talking to us, weve been seeing pictures and theyre basically using bare hands to lift debris and trying to get to survivors perhaps under this rubble and this -- this is cold weather. its wet. its -- the weather is not helping in this effort and thes...