A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook southern Turkey, just two weeks after a massive earthquake and aftershocks devastated the region.
said Monday that six people had been taken to Aleppo University Hospital as a result of falling debris.that a number of people had been injured in opposition-held areas in northwest Syria after being struck by falling debris, jumping from buildings, or from a stampede of people. Other buildings sustained damaged without causing injuries.that there was "a state of panic and fear among the people" as a result of the new quake.
"Most of the people went to the open areas and streets for fear of the collapse of the cracked buildings from the previous earthquake." The Syrian American Medical Society, which operates hospitals in northern Syria, said a number of people — including a seven-year-old boy — had been treated after suffering heart attacks brought on by fear from the earthquakes, AP reported.
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