At least six people died in two earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 that struck Turkey’s Hatay province Monday night, officials said Tuesday. average locations.
The Turkish Ministry of Health has already indicated that 294 injured people have been identified so far. The previous toll indicated three dead and 213 injured.
The main earthquake was recorded south of the city of Antioquia, in Hatay province, one of 11 Turkish regions devastated 15 days ago by two earthquakes that killed at least 44,000 people, in Turkey and Syria.
The search for survivors of the two new earthquakes continues in Defne and Samadang, where the second earthquake had its epicenter three minutes after the first, measuring 5.8.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 18 of the 294 injured are in critical condition.
The new aftershocks caused panic, with local authorities asking for tents to be sent urgently as the population did not return to their homes for fear of the buildings collapsing.
Samandag mayor Refik Eryilmaz told Turkish television NTV on Monday that several buildings had collapsed and it was not known if anyone was inside.
The strongest aftershocks from Monday’s earthquake were felt in Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Israel and even Egypt.
Source: DN
