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Individuals in Antakya, Turkey, react after a brand new earthquake struck on Monday.
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Individuals in Antakya, Turkey, react after a brand new earthquake struck on Monday.
Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — A minimum of three folks had been killed and greater than 200 injured when a a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, adopted by a magnitude 5.8 quake, shook southeastern Turkey on Monday, Turkey’s inside minister mentioned.
It got here as emergency groups are nonetheless responding to the catastrophic earthquake two weeks in the past, which killed practically 45,000 folks in Turkey and Syria and displaced an estimated million folks.
Turkish authorities say Monday’s quake struck round 8 p.m. native time. The Feb. 6 earthquake was a magnitude 7.8. Turkish officers say there have been hundreds of aftershocks within the final two weeks.
Monday’s earthquake, which the U.S. Geological Survey reported as magnitude 6.3, additionally shook Syria, the place a rescue group reported accidents from falling particles, and Lebanon.
Turkish Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu mentioned at the very least six had been trapped when a number of buildings collapsed Monday. He mentioned these killed had been from the cities of Antakya, Defne and Samandag.
Turkish public broadcaster TRT broadcast reside footage of rescue crews working at a collapsed constructing within the metropolis of Antakya, one of many worst-hit cities within the Feb. 6 earthquake. It mentioned residents had been recovering belongings from their constructing — broken within the Feb. 6 earthquake — when it collapsed after the bottom shook once more on Monday.
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay mentioned at the very least one individual had been rescued from the rubble.
“Do not enter broken buildings,” Oktay warned in a televised assertion. “Take into consideration your kin, your family members, your spouses. Take into consideration your nation. Don’t be concerned about your belongings, they’re replaceable.”
Turkey’s public broadcaster aired a video it mentioned was of an individual crying out for assist after he tried to rescue a cat from a broken constructing and bought caught in particles when Monday’s earthquake struck.
The quake was felt in Gaziantep, about 100 miles from Antakya. Metropolis squares had been crammed with households who rushed out of their properties.
At a Gaziantep baklava restaurant, patrons on the second ground calmly walked outdoors and a chandelier swung flippantly. A waiter’s household escaped their residence and introduced blankets into the restaurant to sleep there.
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