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My thoughts are with you, holy smokes that must be terrifying.
Since the link goes to an alert with no article behind it currently, here are a few news articles for your convenience:

Reuters: Turkey earthquake of magnitude 7.9 shakes central region, Syria
AP: Powerful 7.8 quake knocks down buildings in Turkey, Syria
Hürriyet Daily News: 7.4 magnitude quake knocks down buildings in southern Türkiye
BBC: Strong earthquake hits south-eastern Turkey near Syria border
Times of Israel: Strong quake knocks down buildings in Turkey and Syria; shaking felt across Israel >

lasted 40 seconds.  An eternity in earthquake terms >

I have a friend who was in the Northridge quake.  He actually saw the ground roll towards him, knocked him on his ass. >

I saw this happen in the Loma Prietta quake. I was playing flag football when it hit, and I watched the whole field just roll up towards me, wave after wave. It was surreal. >

I distinctly remember my middle-school Earth science teacher telling us about that, in the right conditions you can see the actual shockwave rollin up on you >

They don't call it soil liquefaction for nothing. >

Japan  earthquake March 11, 2011 Liquefaction >

That video was crazy. Even crazier when played in 2x speed so you can more clearly see the shifting. >

Syrian officials say that this was the biggest earthquake in the history of Syria. >

Absolutely devastating. >

I reside in Kahramanmaraş. I was about to sleep laying on my bed. İt felt like an eternity and I was pretty sure I was going to be buried under rubble. Took my cellphone on my hand in case they would find me easier. >

Are you and your family ok? >

Me and my family are OK. I'm a teacher in Kahramanmaraş and one of my colleague and his family are still under rubble. We are waiting for any help from other countries with search and rescue. >

What is the current situation in Maraş? There is insufficient info as I'm seeing, what happened after the explosion from the gas pipeline? >

Explosion happened in a village I think. We are all in the black as everyone else