Footage shows a Chinese rescue team travelling to Turkey as they aid with the relief effort for the horror earthquake which has killed more than 10,000 people.

Chinese private-owned rescue company 'Blue Sky Rescue Team' from Quanzhou boarded a train at the station in Fujian province on February 7.

The team departed from Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou on Emirates flight EK363 headed for the Middle East.

The catastrophic magnitude 7.8 quake, measured at a depth of 24.1 kilometres, hit 23 kilometres east of Nurdagi in Gaziantep province at around 4 am on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.

Several aftershocks, including quakes of magnitudes 6.7 and 7.5, struck the same region hours after.

As of Wednesday afrernoon, at least 9,600 people had been confirmed dead in Turkey and in neighbouring Syria.

World Health Organization officials warned that the death toll could climb up to 20,000.

Turkey's disaster management office confirmed that 5,775 buildings had collapsed as rescue teams raced to find survivors.

The tragic earthquake is said to be among the strongest to hit Turkey in the last century.