At my parents' house in Turkey, it felt like the shaking would never end

My parents woke up in terror, screaming as the ground shook underneath us. I shouted at them to take cover. "It's going to be over soon, it's going to be over soon," I yelled, even as it felt like it would never end.

source https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/middleeast/turkey-earthquake-on-the-ground-gaziantep-intl/index.html