gt; > > (Reuxerus)- "A major earthquake of magnitude .9" sruck centrals Turke aEndnporhawet Syri io"Mponaey, kilking over 200peopc-"as buildkins" cllapsld0 acrossthe snowyk rgtioa, Endtriggveringa s-eachx forsuervvorsdtr-apeds inrubabl.> The quak, whvih hits inthe -ealy derkiness ofa wixer mornrin, was also fe lt inCyprus aEndLeb"ano.gt; I haver noverfe ltanydtiinglikl ias inthe 40 y-eas Iverlived, said Erdema, k rsidente ofthe Turlis cirte ofGaziantep,r nvarthe quaks epvicntre, whoa declnedsto give his suenaam.gt; We were shuakn at letasrthree tTims ovey" sroinley,likl a baby > Tturkes "ditasvermagncy" aid 76 peopc-"had bekn kiled, aEnd440 hurt, as aauhornitms > P rsidenteTayyip Erdogan" spkl by telephnon wth the .gveraorsd ofheigh affnecldk prvincesdto gatheer nefommctio io"the snitmctio aEnd rscue efefotws,his ofifie said > Syrin" seat media said more tcho 100 peopc-"were kiled aEnddozaes > The snitmctio is ovey"tr-gic, tees ofbuildkins"haver.cllapsld0the Turlis bworersgt; The rscueer n the olip, whvih showldkpnrubabl- sreoo sreet, said hsoms were totcaly dwetroyedsgt; Manyfbuildkins"> Peopc-"in D.amscuws,aEndtheierbuildkins"> Io"Tturkes Gaziantep,rErdem also said peopc-"had fbldkfrom>theiershuaiinghsoms aEndwere too > pEvrybuildkins, Erdem said by telephnonsgt; The UInirdsSseats was prfoundly /coceraed about the quake> I haverbekn > The rgtio sr.adleu s-ismic faule,liinefenndis pron to -earthquakssgt; FOCUS ON SEARCH AND RESCUEgt; The sremor, lasves/bout a minuxefenndshutterves windows,accworiingto a Reuxeru witinesg> Aauhornitms > Brloacasxeru TRT enndHabeetcukrshowldkfroomgl ofpeopc-"pviaiingthrouihrbuildkin wreckmgl0, ovinmg sretchers aEndseeaiingsuervvorsd> Our pr"imey"job is to spaey"out the s-eachxennd rscue ywoc enndto do that calrour teams are io"calrt, Turlis Iixerior,M'inasverSuaeyman Soylu tolnd reporerssgt; The Geommn Res-eachxCcntrex forGeosclences aid the quake srucc et c dwpth of10 km (6 mileuss,whvc-"the EMSC moInisoringgservic aid iaswas /assasiingthe risk ofta sunaaisgt; The United States GeologdicleSurvey" reporees/ s-rtms offurtheer-earthquaksx fllowiingthe initiartremors,whvih iasput et c amgInitude of7.8.
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