Powerful earthquakes have sent multistorey buildings crumbling to the ground in parts of Turkey and Syria, killing more than 2,300 people as rescue operations continue.
Two major fault lines along the Anatolian Plate have generated a number of big quakes.
The initial magnitude 7.8 tremor on Monday morning, which was followed by a magnitude 7.6 quake hours later, had the same magnitude as one that killed about 30,000 people in 1939 in northeastern Turkey. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the western city of Izmit in 1999 when more than 17,000 people died.
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Experts say several factors have compounded the seismic event.
At least 1,498 deaths are reported in Turkey, with another 810 in Syria, after powerful earthquakes bring thousands of buildings crashing down in both countries.
Initial magnitude 7.8 tremor in southeastern Turkey early on Monday was followed by magnitude 7.6 earthquake hours later amid several aftershocks.
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