At least six people died and 700 others were injured. The quake, with an epicenter south of the city of Antioquia, has caused panic among survivors who are housed in tents.
Euskaraz irakurri: 6.4 graduko lurrikara berri batek Turkiako hego-ekialdea eta Siriako iparraldea astindu ditu
Another earthquake magnitude 6.4 Southeast Turkey and northern Syria were hit by the February 6 earthquakes on Monday, killing at least 41,000. According to official information, at least six people died and another 700 were injured in the new shocks.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has confirmed three dead and 213 injured. Soylu has further confirmed that rescue operations are underway in three buildings. The minister has emphasized that 26 aftershocks have been registered after the first earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4.
Turkish authorities have warned the population to stay away from the coast in that province since the the water level can rise half a meter. AFAD, the Turkish aid agency, has asked people to stay away from the water.
The quake, with its epicenter south of the city of Antioquia, struck at 5:04 p.m. GMT (6:04 p.m. in the Basque Country), according to data from the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul, and was also felt across the United States. neighbors.
Numerous reporters present in Antioquia have reported that the quake triggered panic with survivors housed in tents.
At least one already half-collapsed building has completely collapsed and debris from others damaged parked cars, NTV reports.
Ahmet Ovgun Ercan, a prestigious geophysicist from Istanbul Technical University, has assured HalkTV that this earthquake, which is estimated to 17 secondsit is a normal phenomenon and you have expected that some already damaged buildings will have collapsed.
Since the earthquake on the 6th, none of the buildings in Antioquia are habitable, but there are debris removal teams that may have been trapped by a collapse.
The national emergency center AFAD, which locates the epicenter of the earthquake in the Defne district of Antioquia itself, speaks of a second magnitude 5.8 aftershock with epicenter in Samandag.
This has been reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 470 woundedmainly people who have jumped from balconies or by impact from debris.
Up to 320 injured correspond to areas controlled by the Syrian government and 150 have been registered in the northwest of the country.
In addition, damaged buildings collapsed Jindires and Afrin and damage has been reported to buildings in Atharib. The most affected areas are the provinces Idlib and Aleppo.
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Source: EITB
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