Turkey earthquake

The earthquake's epicentre was in the town of Defne, in Turkey's Hatay province, which borders Syria.

The epicentre was in southern Kahramanmaras province. The majority of deaths in the massive February 6 quake, which was followed by a 7.5 temblor nine hours later, were in Turkey, with at least 41,156 people killed. They were caught up in the new quake.

Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu said three people were killed and 213 were injured in the latest quake, as more buildings collapsed. ADVERTISEMENT - ...

That increases the overall death toll in Turkey and Syria to 44,844. He added that people are really scared and “no one wants to get back into their houses”. The Syrian Civil Defence group, also known as the White Helmets, reported that several people were injured in the rebel-held north west after they jumped from buildings or were struck by falling debris in the town of Jinderis, one of the towns worst affected by the February 6 earthquake.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing six people and sparking fresh panic after a massive ...

I was afraid that we would meet the same fate as those who died under the rubble," said Khadija Al Khalaf, a 45-year-old mother, in the rebel-held city of Azaz. The building moved back and forth, the cars moved left to right. We could hear a lot of buildings collapsing... "So all of that work will need to be to be redone, to give people a sense of the viability of returning to their homes and to give those planning the shelter options," he said. "Hatay is no longer a safe place. "The magnitude of these events, and also them happening so close together, does mean that the international support both in terms of search and rescue and in terms of humanitarian support for the affected populations very much needs to be sustained." He added that the effect of the latest earthquake is "not as serious" as the previous earthquakes as many people were living in tents already, which has "reduced significantly" the risks associated with an earthquake, so the number of people killed is "significantly lower". "You don't know what to do... It was also felt in Lebanon. "So, they were preparing to leave and also what happened at a time when the movement of the national capacity wasn't necessarily focused on that particular area." "This happened also at a time when the international search and rescue capacity was in the process of being stood down," Mr Lambkin said. we grabbed each other and right in front of us, the walls started to fall.

Three people have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," local resident Muna al-Omar told Reuters news agency, crying as she held her seven-year-old son. If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the Are you in the area? She had been in a tent in a park in the city centre when the new earthquakes hit.

Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities said on Tuesday.

Even before the tremors, opinion polls showed he was under pressure from a cost of living crisis, which could worsen as the disaster has disrupted agricultural production. The area is controlled by insurgents at war with President Bashar al-Assad. The U.S. "If I rebuild here but they can't return, my life will be lost." She now lives in a tent in a park in Antakya after the Feb. 6 quake, with a magnitude 7.8, forced her out of her home.

A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian ...

Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that 18 of the injured are in serious condition and were transported to Adana and Dörtyol. may God help us,” said Zahir, who lives in a town between the cities of Iskenderun and Antakia, in Turkey’s Hatay province. Officials have been urging the public to stay away from buildings. “We don’t know what to do today – today we will stay in the car and in the tent, we don’t know what will happen till tomorrow,” he told CNN. “Our teams are working to take the injured to hospitals, inspect the affected villages and towns, and remove rubble to open the roads for the ambulances,” the White Helmets said. [Turkey](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/19/politics/us-relief-turkey-syria-earthquake/index.html) Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks after [a massive earthquake](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/middleeast/earthquake-turkey-syria-why-deadly-intl/index.html) killed tens of thousands of people in both countries.

Officials warned victims after the first monster quakes not go into their broken homes. Some people who did so anyway were caught up in the new quake.

The majority of deaths in the massive Feb. Hatay was one of the worst-hit provinces in Turkey in the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck on Feb. The epicenter was in southern Kahramanmaras province. They were caught up in the new quake. In Syria, a woman and a girl died as a result of panic during the earthquake in the provinces of Hama and Tartus, pro-government media outlets said. It was also felt in Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and as far away as Egypt, and followed by a second, magnitude 5.8 temblor, and dozens of aftershocks.