A strong earthquake in Turkey caused severe damage to buildings, people came out into the streets, the US Geological Survey reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8.
According to Turkish media, the strongest tremors of the earthquake were felt for one minute.
The epicenter of the earthquake was Nurdadi/Gaziantep, south of Turkey, with a depth of 17.9 km.
Sources say that many residential buildings have been damaged due to the earthquake and the possibility of casualties is also being expressed.
People came out of their homes in fear of the earthquake. The earthquake struck at 4:00 am local time, when most people were asleep.
Aftershocks of the earthquake were also felt in central areas of Turkey, with a magnitude of 6.7 recorded, aftershocks were felt about 11 minutes later.
Earthquake tremors were also felt in Cyprus, Greece, Jordan and Lebanon.
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