Scores dead and injured in powerful quake in western Turkey

Video footage from the region posted online showed collapsed buildings and vehicles destroyed by falling debris.

In a statement, the US Geological Survey said the shallow tremor measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale. Turkey lies on several of fault lines and is prone to earthquakes.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the ruins of eight buildings, despite a total of 470 aftershocks having occurred since the main tremor…