Earthquake in Turkey. What awaits the world?

A powerful earthquake occurred in Turkey.

Magnitude 7.7 was enough to easily turn several buildings into a pile of concrete. Three more earthquakes with magnitudes between 6.4 and 6.6 followed. Turkey's Interior Ministry and Emergency Management sent rescuers to retrieve people from under the rubble of collapsed homes.

The quake killed 912 people in the country and injured 5,385, Erdogan said;

Turkish authorities have asked for international aid in connection with the powerful earthquake;

The country declared the highest level of alert after strong tremors;

The earthquake's epicenter was 27 km away from Turkish Gaziantep city with population over 1 million people;

The earthquake was felt in 10 provinces of Turkey, 22 aftershocks occurred in different parts of the country, the head of the Turkish Interior Ministry said. Underground shocks were also felt in northeastern Syria.

Aftershocks were felt in different regions - Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Mersin, Trabzon and Urfa. In southeastern provinces of the country, buildings are destroyed and there are fatalities.

In Turkey's Osmaniye province 34 buildings collapsed, killing at least 5 people. There was an explosion at the gas pipeline in Kahramanmaras.

Sixteen houses collapsed in the city of Şanlıurfa, with people still under the rubble. At least 10 people were killed.

"All relevant units are on alert under the coordination of AFAD," the president said.

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