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