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The governor of Osmaniye province said at least 34 buildings had collapsed due to the quake while the governor of Malatya said 130 had fallen down in his province.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter that"search and rescue teams were immediately dispatched" to the areas hit by the quake."We hope that we will get through this disaster together as soon as possible and with the least damage," he wrote.
At least 11 were killed in one town, Atmed, and many more were buried in the rubble, a doctor in the town, Muheeb Qaddour, told The Associated Press by telephone. Syria's state media reported that some buildings collapsed in the northern city of Aleppo and the central city of Hama.In the northwest of the country, the opposition's Syrian Civil Defence described the situation in the rebel-held region as"disastrous" adding that entire buildings have collapsed and people are trapped under the rubble. The civil defence urged people to evacuate buildings to gather in open areas.
There have so far been no reports of fatalities or serious damage Egypt, Lebanon or Cyprus, where the quake was also felt.
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