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we're talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells cnn there were up to eight very strong aftershocks in under a minute. let's take you now to cnn's jo...

Is shaking. and it's the shaking that will ultimately lead to the catastrophic destruction, buildings falling down, et cetera. >> and can you tell us about some of the bigger quakes that the world has seen most recently? those of 8 and above in terms of magnitude. >> i know that there have not been many in this region recently. as i mentioned, this '99 earthquake that was similar that was in a fault zone a little further to the north of this area. this is not a fault zone that we typically expect really, really big earthquakes. we do expect earthquakes. it's what's called a transform plate bou...