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Turkey earthquake: Crowds rush to falling rubble during search for survivors
Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
At least 2,300 people have died, with the death toll rising quickly throughout the morning of Monday, 6 February.
This video shows the scene as people rushed to falling debris as they searched for anybody alive underneath.
The epicentre of the earthquake was just north of Gaziantep - around 90 kilometres away from the Syrian border.
A trail of destruction has been left behind in both Turkey and Syria.
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