Onlookers run as a building collapses following a major earthquake, in Haliliye district, Sanliurfa province, Turkey. - REUTERS PIC
Onlookers run as a building collapses following a major earthquake, in Haliliye district, Sanliurfa province, Turkey. - REUTERS PIC

ISTANBUL: A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey Monday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, hours after an earlier quake killed more than 1,200 people in the region.

The shallow quake hit at 1:24 pm (1024 GMT) four kilometres (2.5 miles) south-southeast of the town of Ekinozu.--AFP