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Turkey: a new earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook the southeast of the country

A painting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in one of the buildings hit by last week’s earthquake. | Fountain: EFE

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On Monday there was a new earthquake of magnitude 6.4. Turkish province of Hatay, one of the hardest hit by the February 6 earthquakes, which killed at least 41,000 people.

He shakingwith epicenter south of antiochoccurred at 17.04 GMT, according to the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul, and was also felt in neighboring countries.

information about possible new damage or victimsbut the numerous reporters present in antioch They reported that the tremors caused panic among the survivors in the tents.

At least one dilapidated building collapsed completely, while the wreckage of others damaged parked cars, NTV reports.

Ahmet Ovgun Erkan, a prestigious geophysicist at Istanbul Technical University, told HalkTV that this earthquakefor which he calculated a duration of 17 seconds is normal and he expected some of the already damaged buildings to collapse.

From earthquake for the past day 6, none of the buildings in antioch It is still habitable, but there are debris removal crews who may have been trapped by the collapse.

In addition, many survivors have a habit of gathering around fires in front of collapsed buildings to help identify bodies, and may be at risk if a nearby surviving building collapses.

“It was terrible, broken windows fell on us. Everyone fled the shops in a panic. It is still not clear in the dark what happened,” Ugur Sahin, a correspondent for the BirGyun newspaper, told EFE on the phone.

He AFAD National Emergency Centerwhich locates the epicenter of the earthquake in the Defne region in Antioquia itself, speaks of a second aftershock of magnitude 5.8 with an epicenter in Samandag.

EFE


Source: RPP

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