A 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Monday (Feb 20) rocked Türkiye's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing three people and sparking fresh panic after a Feb 6 tremor that left nearly 45,0
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said three people were killed and 213 were taken to hospital, while in Syria White Helmets said more than 130 people were injured and that some already damaged buildings had collapsed.
DHA said patients in an intensive care unit were taken by ambulance to field hospitals to continue their treatment.The new tremor hit Turkey's south but was also felt in Lebanon and Syria. An AFP journalist reported scenes of panic in Antakya, adding that the new tremors raised clouds of dust in the devastated city.
"You don't know what to do ... we grabbed each other and right in front of us, the walls started to fall. It felt like the earth was opening up to swallow us up." "Hatay is no longer a safe place. We could hear a lot of buildings collapsing ... We will wait for a new day, but I don't know what I'm going to do," added Irmak, who had been sleeping in his car for two weeks after the first quake.
Officials said after the Feb 6 quake that aftershocks would be felt for a year because of the force of the first tremor.
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