Presenter cuts off interview and asks producer to call her mum during earthquake

A CNN anchor was in the middle of interviewing a guest live on air when an earthquake Turkey shook the studio so hard she asked for her mother.

Three consecutive earthquakes – as strong as 6.2 magnitudes – hit with an epicentre just south of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara before 1pm local time today.

Live TV captured the moment a CNN Türk anchor realised what was happening.

After calmly trying to pause the interview while the studio started shaking, the growing tremors caused panic to set in.

The anchor then asked a producer: ‘Can you reach my mother?’

It’s been just over two years since a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed 53,000 people in Turkey and 6,000 in Syria in February 2023.

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