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The sheer scale of the devastation of the earthquake and its aftershocks can be seen in social media photos and videos posted by people in Turkey and Syria. Eyewitnesses have also been speaking about what happened. BBC News has been pulling together and verifying information.
The tremors of the main quake – which happened at 04:17 local time – were felt more than a hundred miles in each direction from the epicentre – across southern Turkey and in northern Syria.
Witnesses described being shaken from their sleep and running to their cars for safety from the damaged buildings.
“I have never felt anything like it in the 40 years I’ve lived,” said Erdem, living in the city of Gaziantep. “We were shaken at least three times very strongly, like a baby in a crib.”
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Source: BBC
