Rescue workers in Turkey are scrambling to dig people out of the rubble after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Van province.<br /><br />State-run TRT television said at least 85 people were reported killed and the country's seismology institute said up to 1,000 people could be trapped under collapsed buildings.<br /><br />Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan went by helicopter from Van to Ercis to see firsthand the scale of devastation.<br /><br />Meanwhile, civilians joined in the desperate search, using their bare hands and working under generator-powered floodlights.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Van, Turkey.
