More deaths as new earthquake hits Turkey-Syria border two weeks after disaster
- Several people died and hundreds more were injured as a new earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday evening
- Latest quake came two weeks after a larger earthquake in the same area that killed more than 47,000 people in both countries
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More deadly earthquakes rock Turkey-Syria border region hit by recent quake disaster
Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger one killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
Monday’s quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said there had been 90 aftershocks. Six thousand tents were sent to the area overnight for residents alarmed by the new quake.
The Hatay provincial governor’s building, already damaged in the February 6 quakes, collapsed in the latest tremor, television footage showed.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 294 people had been injured, with 18 seriously hurt and transported to hospitals in Adana and Dortyol.
Patients were evacuated from some health facilities that had remained in operation after the massive tremors two weeks ago, as cracks had emerged in the buildings, Koca said on Twitter.
