WATCH: Turkey gripped by death and destruction as temblors rock it one after another

Istanbul: While Turkey was in shock after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near the Syrian border, killing over 1300 people, a second quake of 7.5-magnitude struck southeast Turkey Monday afternoon.

The US Geological Survey said that a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit at 1:24 pm (1024 GMT) four kilometres (2.5 miles) south-southeast of the town of Ekinozu.

According to a report by Syria’s SANA news agency, tremors were felt in Damascus, Latakia and other Syrian provinces.

The death toll in the Turkey earthquake is expected to rise. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said quake death toll to 912, bringing overall death toll in Turkey, Syria to more than 1,300.

Erdogan said that the number of building that collapsed is 2,818.

Biggest earthquake in history

Talking to pro-government radio, head of Syria’s National Earthquake Centre, Raed Ahmed, said that this was “the biggest earthquake recorded in the history of the centre”.

Turkey earthquake viral videos

Heart wrenching videos from calamity-hit Turkey show rescue workers and residents in multiple cities searching for survivors, working through tangles of metal and concrete.

Visuals from a collapsed hospital in Turkey show patients, including newborns, being evacuated from facilities in Syria.

Rescuers could be seen digging through rubble across city centres and residential neighbourhoods of almost all the big cities running along the border with Syria.

Warning: Scenes of devastation, viewer discretion advised

Absolutely horrific scenes out of city of Iskenderun #Turkey, vast devastation and destruction from magnitude 7.8 earthquake. People feared to be under rubble. Death toll already above 200… pic.twitter.com/7Fo6yIyut6

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) February 6, 2023

My sympathies to the people of Turkey who suffered in the horrible earthquake. It is a devastating tragedy. pic.twitter.com/Dn7ErruNfx

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) February 6, 2023