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What is happening in Turkey, Syria? Key quake questions answered

An injured child awaits treatment at the Bab al-Hawa hospital in the opposition-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the border with Turkey [Aaref Watad/AFP]

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake followed by a magnitude 7.5 tremor killed thousands of people in southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, injuring thousands of others and causing widespread destruction.

The quakes and aftershocks toppled buildings and sent rescuers scrambling through the rubble to find survivors.

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