we begin with breaking news a magnitude 7.8 magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck southeastern region of turkey the epicenter was pazarchik but the Tremors were felt in several provinces the mayor of San Luis Province says at least five people have died there Tremors reportedly lasted about a minute and it's understood some buildings were damaged a fire has also broken out after the earthquake in karaman marash province for more on this I'm now joined by Cinema casolu who's monitoring developments from Istanbul Cinema what more do we know at this uh well uh Muhammad this is one of the biggest earthquakes that has happened in Turkey as far as we see that it has been felt everywhere from south southern coastal city to Northern coastal cities by the Black Sea from Damascus to Beirut and uh we have been speaking to people in the area to our colleagues and to our friends as well they have been telling us that this is the worst earthquake they have ever seen uh as some would remember in eastern city of Elizabeth there was also an earthquake nearly two years ago and the experts have been discussing that there are some lines that are moving in that turkey needs to be very careful about potential earthquakes in the region and now some experts on Turkish media are discussing that this is one of uh this is actually what the expected earthquake is but so far we are hearing that some buildings are collapsed especially the old buildings in the arbucker and in Karama
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