Fresh quakes hit Turkey, two weeks after disaster

Fresh quakes jolted southern Turkey on Monday, just two weeks after the deadly twin tremors killed thousands.

A 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude earthquakes hit Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province, the country’s disaster management agency said.

As many as 1,214 people injured in the twin earthquakes

• 32 aftershocks after the earthquake

• Dredging work is being carried out in Samandag district

• People injured in the earthquake are being transferred to Adana

🚨6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Hatay

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— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) February 20, 2023

Hatay was one of the 10 provinces hit by twin deadly quakes on February 6 that killed over 41,000 people in Turkey and thousands more in neighbouring Syria.

Read: Rescue efforts continue a week after Turkey, Syria earthquakes

🎥Surveillance camera captures the moment of 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Hatay

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— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) February 20, 2023

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres had stated that the devastating earthquakes that decimated parts of Turkey and Syria are “one of the biggest natural disasters in our times.”

(VIDEO) Drone footage shows the painful traces of the earthquake in the Islahiye district of Gaziantep, one of the worst-affected regions in Türkiye pic.twitter.com/35mlRFnQb0

— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) February 21, 2023