News in video: Dozens dead in Turkey and Syria after earthquakes.
STORY: According to the authorities, dozens of people died in severe earthquakes in eastern Turkey on the border with Syria. According to the first official information from the authorities, many people died in the Turkish provinces of Malatya, Diyarbakir and Osmaniye. Dozens of buildings have collapsed. And more victims are suspected under the rubble. The Red Cross mobilized rescue workers and asked people to leave damaged houses. The Turkish interior minister called on the people to stop using mobile phones so that people who have been buried can be reached first. According to state media, dozens of people have also died in Syria in the regions of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia. According to the German geo-research center GFZ, the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9. The epicenter was at a depth of ten kilometers. Turkey’s civil protection agency Afad put the magnitude of the quake at 7.4 near the city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border. The earthquake lasted about a minute, an eyewitness reported.