Videos: Powerful 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Eastern Turkey

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It was the nation's most powerful quake in at least a decade, and those that had cameras rolling as the earth trembled captured quite a harrowing scene.

Turkey is particularly prone to earthquakes, resting directly on a number of volatile fault lines. Sunday's earthquake, which initially measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, struck a mountainous, poor region of eastern Turkey. The epicenter, according to the USGS, was located 9 miles northeast of Van.

Ercis, a town of 75,000 near the Iranian border, was among the hardest hit by the quake. Turkish television shows buildings collapsed into piles of concrete, with rescuers flocking to the scene to dig through the rubble. Reports from Ercis put the initial death toll at 45. "There are so many dead. Several buildings have collapsed. There is too much destruction," Ercis mayor Zulfikar Arapoglu told NTV television. "We need urgent aid. We need medics."

According to the Turkish Red Crescent, 80 apartment buildings and a student dormitory collapsed in Ercis, on the north shore of Lake Van. Rescuers and citizens flocked to the building to pull out survivors. Ten buildings are reported to have fallen in Van, near the epicenter. A highway is also said to have caved in.

Sky Turk's coverage from Ercis shows people flooding the streets, many stunned by the scene that continues to unravel. Many who remained safe in the wake of the quake and its aftershocks immediately swarmed the buildings that collapsed, attempting to rescue any survivors.

A total of 60 bodies have been found so far, but that toll is expected to rise. Scientists were cautious in saying as many as 1,000 could have died in the violent temblor. "We are estimating a death toll between 500 and 1,000," Mustafa Erdik, head of the Kandilli observatory, told a televised news conference.

The quake, which struck at 10:41 a.m. local time, was listed at a depth of 12.4 miles. Aftershocks have continued to rock the region as the cleanup effort unfolded. The USGS reported up to eight aftershocks within three hours of the initial quake, measuring up to a magnitude of 5.6.

Nick Carbone is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @nickcarbone. You can also continue the discussion on TIME's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.

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13 October 2011 Last updated at 09:09 GMT The artist has spoken out against human rights abuses in China Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been named the most powerful person in the art world, according to a poll compiled by ArtReview magazine.

But Mr Ai, who was released in June after being detained for more than 80 days by Chinese authorities, told the BBC he does "not feel powerful at all".

The magazine said he was chosen by the panel because of his political activism, as much as his artwork.

China criticised the selection saying it was based on "political bias".

Art Review editor Mark Rappolt said the decision had nothing to do with politics.

"[His] activities have allowed artists to move away from the idea that they work within a privileged zone limited by the walls of a gallery or museum," he said in a statement.

"It's expanding the possibilities of what you can do with art, and as an artist how you can use your voice," added Mr Rappolt.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said: "China has many artists who have sufficient ability. We feel that a selection that is based purely on a political bias and perspective has violated the objectives of the magazine."

The artist's arrest in April, as he boarded a flight in Beijing bound for Hong Kong, prompted a global campaign for his release.

Chinese authorities said Mr Ai was detained on charges of tax fraud, but his family have always insisted it was for his political activities.

Under the conditions of his release, he is not allowed to be interviewed by journalists or use the internet.

In an interview with the BBC, the artist said he was being "strongly restricted".

He added: "Like this kind of conversation today I am doing is a violation. I think it may bring me very big trouble."

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"I don't have this concept to separate my art from my daily life. I think they are one thing to me. They are always one.

"How do you find a way to express yourself and how to communicate with others? Art is how we put our lives to deal with our living conditions."

Mr Ai, one of China's best-known artists, rose to international prominence as co-designer of Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium.

In 2010, he created a carpet of 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in London.

Damien Hirst, famous for his pickled sharks, is the only other artist to have previously topped the list, in 2005 and 2008.

This year second place went to the directors of London's Serpentine Gallery, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Julia Peyton-Jones.

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The 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck before midday, with its epicentre about 100km (62 miles) to the south-west of Denpasar, Bali's capital.

It was felt across the island and as far away as Java and Lombok.

Reports said about 50 people were injured, mostly with cuts and broken bones caused by falling debris.

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A powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines, triggering floods and cutting power in the capital Manila and throughout the main island, Luzon.

Typhoon Nesat also forced the closure of the Philippine Stock Exchange and the US embassy, and the ground floor of Manila's main hospital was flooded.

At least seven people have been killed, including several children.

As Nesat approached, the authorities ordered the evacuation of more than 100,000 in central Albay province.

The typhoon is expected to continue slowly across the country, before blowing across the South China Sea towards southern China on Thursday.

Continue reading the main story Kate McGeown BBC News, Zambales, central Luzon

There has been really heavy rain and wind here since last night. The typhoon seems to have been moving from east to west of the island of Luzon and affecting large parts of it. And when you think that Luzon is home to more than half the Philippine population it means that a lot of people have been affected.

There are a lot of very poor people in the country, and I was filming in some of the poorer areas of Manila yesterday, in low-lying slums. There was a little rain during the day and already the homes were being flooded.

Now we're a day on and it's been raining solidly since then. There must be real fears for people living in those kinds of areas.

Crushed Nesat made landfall just before dawn on Tuesday in the eastern Isabela and Aurora provinces on the Pacific coast.

The storm - with a diameter of 650km (400 miles) and wind gusts of up to 170km/h (105mph) - is now making its way across Luzon, the BBC's Kate McGeown in the central Luzon province of Zambales reports.

Many roads have been flooded and flights cancelled, and local media are urging people against non-essential travel, our correspondent says.

An adult and three children were crushed to death as a building collapsed in a northern Manila suburb on Tuesday, AFP news agency quoted the Office of Civil Defence as saying.

Two men were said to have died north of the capital in a landslide and weather-induced accident.

There is waist-deep flooding in parts of the capital.

Reporters described huge waves crashing into Manila Bay's seawall, with water overflowing into Roxas Boulevard and flooding streets and parks around the US embassy, which was evacuated.

The ground floor of Manila hospital was flooded, and staff were forced to move patients to the first floor.

"We've heard of Manila Hospital being flooded, but we're struggling to reach the area even though we've co-ordinated with them already to help in an evacuation plan," Philippine National Red Cross secretary general Gwen Pang told AFP.

A five-star hotel was also evacuated, reports said.

Meanwhile, thousands of residents living inland along the Marikana river were evacuated as it threatened to overflow.

Government offices, schools and universities were closed.

In Isabela province, four coastal towns under threat from storm surges have been evacuated.

Four fishermen are missing, and more than 50 more have been rescued after their boats capsized in rough seas.

There are fears that the death toll may rise further.

Late on Monday, the first reported casualty of the typhoon was a baby who fell into a swollen river in the eastern province of Catanduanes.

Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated in Luzon

Earlier, about 110,000 people in several towns of the Albay province were ordered to leave their homes and seek shelter elsewhere.

"We can't manage typhoons, but we can manage their effects," provincial Governor Joey Salceda was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

The Philippines suffers frequent typhoons, about 20 a year, but Nesat is thought to be the largest this year.

It comes almost exactly two years after Typhoon Ketsana killed more than 400 people.

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