After the terrible earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this morning, people left their homes and hid in their cars, fearing aftershocks.

As it says "The Guardian", rescue teams are still on the ground dealing with the consequences. The streets of the cities are in total chaos, people are shouting at each other, trying to find survivors from the ruins.

Residents of the city of Pazarchik say they fear for the people buried under the fallen buildings. Nihat Altundag, a resident of the city, says that the strong earthquake woke him up.

"Our house looks solid from the outside, but there are cracks inside. Around me there are destroyed buildings, there are burning houses. There are buildings that explode. A building collapsed just 200 meters from where I am now. "Thank God, our friends are safe, but we've heard that there are people who can't get out of their homes and there are people we can't reach," he told The Guardian.

There are large numbers of anxious people on the streets of the city, with warnings from local emergency services that people may still be trapped under collapsed buildings.

"The building I live in is not that tall and it was built according to earthquake regulations so it wouldn't collapse. But there are still cracks in the walls. "A neighbor of mine broke his back jumping from the balcony during the earthquake and he is now in the hospital," said one resident.

He says civilians are frantically trying to help dig their neighbors out from under the collapsed buildings.

"Two of my friends are currently under the rubble, we're trying to get to them," he told The Guardian.

The same is happening in Gaziantep, where people sit in their cars or try to drive in open spaces away from buildings.