Video shows a building collapse in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Monday. The earthquake, which has killed more than 1,500 people, was followed by a second 7.5-magnitude temblor.
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, mere hours after a temblor killed more than 1,600 people in the Turkish and Syrian parts of the region. That one was followed by dozens of aftershocks.
The head of Turkey's disaster and emergencies management agency , Yunus Sezer, said the initial quake took 1,014 lives and destroyed some 2,824 buildings, the Reuters news agency reported.
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