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The WHO have described last week's Turkey-Syria earthquake as one of Europe's worst natural disasters in the last 100 years. David Aaronovitch finds out why it was so deadly.

Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:

Stephen Hicks, Seismologist at University College London\\nProfessor Dina D\\u2019Ayala, Co-Director of the Earthquake and People Interaction Centre at UCL, and UNESCO Chair on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering.\\nFirdevs Robinson, London-based journalist, broadcaster and commentator specializing on Turkey, the Middle East, Caucasus and Freedom of the Media.\\nDr Lina Khatib, Director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House

Producers: Kirsteen Knight, Dan Gordon and Ben Carter\\nProduction Coordinators: Janet Staples and Siobhan Reed\\nSound mix: Rod Farquhar\\nEditors: Richard Vadon and Charlotte McDonald