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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...

The african plate sort of meet in this area. so turkey certainly sees a good number of strong earthquakes. i looked a little bit ago and i think i counted seven earthquakes of 7.0 or greater magnitude in the last 25 years. some of those have been quite significant earthquakes, you know, for the population. unfortunately, it doesn't look like any of them have been stronger than this one, or even as strong as this one, being 7.8. it looks to be from the records i was looking at the strongest earthquake in 100 years or more of recordkeeping to strike turkey. so no, they're not a stranger in the c...