Two earthquakes struck the Turkey-Syria border two weeks after a magnitude 7.8 tremor killed over 45,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border, resulting in three deaths and more than 200 injuries, two weeks after a catastrophic earthquake in the region killed more than 45,000 people.
In neighboring Syria, more buildings have collapsed, confining some individuals, and more than 130 injuries have been reported.
The Hatay town of Defne was the earthquake’s origin, according to AFAD. Which was the worst-affected region after the 7.8 magnitude quake earlier this month.
Monday’s earthquake resulted in three fatalities and 213 injuries, according to Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. The seismic was followed by a 5.8 magnitude tremor.
Six persons were believed to be trapped in three collapsed buildings where search and rescue operations were underway.
HabaTurk television reported that Hatay cops rescued one person from a three-story building and were trying to reach three others.
It was reported that among those trapped were movers assisting with the relocation of furniture and other possessions from the building damaged by the earthquake two weeks prior.
Six persons were injured by falling debris in Aleppo, according to Syria’s state news agency, SANA.
The White Helmets, a civil defense organisation in northwest Syria, reported over 130 injuries, the majority of which were non-life threatening, including fractures and fainting, while several structures collapsed in already damaged areas.
At 8:04 p.m. local time, the USGS recorded a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) earthquake (5.04 pm UK time).
Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, according to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, also felt the earthquake.
Two witnesses told Reuters that it damaged buildings in central Antakya, Hatay’s city.
Witnesses said Turkish relief teams were “moving around” after the latest earthquake to prevent injuries.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to NTV television. However, some damaged buildings collapsed.
Antakya resident Muna Al Omar said she was in a pavilion in the city’s centre park when the tremor hit.
“I thought the earth was going to crack open beneath my feet,” she cried, holding her 7-year-old boy.
She inquired, “Will there be another aftershock?”
On Saturday, it was reported that three members of one family — a mother, a father, and a 12-year-old son — were extricated from a collapsed building after 12 days.
The youngster died in time.
Some media outlets in the Idlib and Aleppo regions of Syria, which were severely impacted by Monday’s earthquake, are reporting that structures have collapsed and that electricity and internet services have been disrupted in parts of the region.
The media reported that many people have escaped their homes and are currently congregating in open areas.
AFAD, Turkey’s disaster management office, has confirmed 41,156 deaths from the February 6 earthquake. More than one million individuals are destitute.
Additionally, authorities have recorded over 6,000 aftershocks.
Search and rescue operations for survivors have been suspended in the majority of the earthquake zone, but AFAD chief Yunus Sezer told reporters that search teams were continuing their efforts in more than a dozen collapsed buildings – the majority of which were in the province of Hatay that was hardest hit.
