More than 600 people have been and thousands more injured following a huge earth in Turkey.
The quake, which measured a terrifying 7.8 magnitude, struck central Turkey and northwest Syria early this morning.
The epicentre of the disaster hit near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, which is home to around two million people and on the border with Syria.
Buildings collapsed across the region following the quake, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble.
The tremor was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon.
Turkey’s vice president Fuat Oktay said 284 people had been killed and 2,323 people were injured, as authorities scrambled rescue teams and supply aircraft to the affected area, while declaring a “level 4 alarm” that calls for international assistance.
At least 386 people were killed in Syria as buildings collapsed after the earthquake struck, state media and a medical source said.
