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after shocks forcing people to flee fortheir lives. richard after shocks forcing people to flee for their lives. richard galpin, after shocks forcing people to flee fortheir lives. richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur correspondent anna foster canjoin us now. we can see some damage behind you. what else have you been seeing? this what else have you been seeing? is you can see behind me, a digger is rolling into place to try to remove some of the debris from this collapse building. there is a whole crowd of people across the road. people have been drawn out to see if they can help. and this is a scene that has been replicated, as you are saying, across this part of southern turkey. at least 1000 people have been killed. thousands more have been killed. thousands more have been injured. 0f been killed. thousands more have been injured. of course, the question now is how to deal with buildings like this, places where people may well be trapped underneath the rubble. this happened in the middle o
balancing act between being as careful and painstaking as possible, and, as you can see, using the biggest pieces of earth moving material to try and see if anybody is still alive, notjust under this building, but under hundreds of buildings like it across southern turkey and north west syria. maw; turkey and north-west syria. many thanks for that. turkey and north-west syria. many thanks for that. anna turkey and north-west syria. many thanks for that. anna foster - turkey and north west syria. many thanks for that. anna foster there, live from southern turkey. apologies for the break up on the line a couple of times at the beginning. situated on or near several fault lines, turkey is one of the world s most active earthquake zones. the country recorded over 22,000 last year alone. many are deadly the worst on record, a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999, killing more than 17,000 people. here s our science editor, rebecca morelle.