Turkey earthquake: Ankara requests for EU's help, bloc sends rescue teams A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,900 people. World leaders, from the EU to Israel to Russia, are sending aid and rescue support to the region. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Brussels, Dave Keating, tells us more about the EU's aid missions, already dispatched.