Two Reuters witnesses reported a strong quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ANTAKYA - An earthquake, with a magnitude 6.3 at a depth of two km , struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
Two Reuters witnesses reported a strong quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya whichOther witnesses said Turkish rescue teams were running around after the latest quake, checking people were unharmed. Muna Al Omar, a resident, said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the earthquake hit.
“I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,” she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.
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