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Simone described to us sort of the scenes this morning

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and the different parts of the city that you're in

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and what happens next? Good morning, Yussef.

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Of course, this earthquake, some.7 struck at

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the epicenter near a town called Gaziantep which is in

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the southeastern region of Turkey near the Syrian border course

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, rescue workers rushing to the scene. The quake

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was so strong, it was felt across many places

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from Cyprus to Lebanon and aftershocks were also felt across

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the region. Now the earthquake struck around four a.m.

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Monday morning here. So far at least five people

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are reported dead but hundreds are said to be trapped

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due to a unknown number of collapsed buildings across several

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provinces, rescue workers racing to save them. Of

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course, it's still early there and still relatively dark

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. Many casualties are Across 10 provinces now, earlier

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, Interior Minister Suleyman oiler spoken Ankara and he said

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that Turkey has activated a force level alert which includes

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international help. The weather there is cold. We're

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seeing currently rainy conditions and it's around 2°C. Simon for

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perspective for our global audience. Turkey is used to

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a certain number of earthquakes over the years. But

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how does this compare to some of the others that

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they've seen? Unfortunately, earthquakes are very common here

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in Turkey. The country lies in one of the

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world's most active seismic experience among the big earthquakes that

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struck the nation over the years. 2011, there

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was an earthquake in the eastern city of one which

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was 7.1 in magnitude. The one today is seven

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.4 in magnitude. The one back in 2011,

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killing around 600 people and injuring thousands of others in

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1999. That was a devastating earthquake that struck northwestern

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Turkey killing 18,000 people. Unfortunately, Turkey is very

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experienced in dealing with these deadly earthquakes.