February 20, 2023 6:32 p.m
The strongest of the sizes 6.4 and 5.8. There are also injuries in Syria, Aleppo and Idlib
Photo gallery – The earth trembles again in Turkey, new earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4
Three people were killed by the new ones 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude earthquakes which hit the province of Hatay in the southeast Turkeyadjacent to the Syria. This was stated by Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, stressing that 213 people were injured and hospitalized while search operations continue in three collapsed buildings. Among the victims is a woman who was killed when a concrete block collapsed on her head in the city of Samandag. There are also injuries in Syria, Aleppo and Idlib.
Photo gallery – New earthquake in Turkey also felt in Lebanon, people on the street in Beirut
The evacuations began immediately, even from hospitals, across the Turkish province while the tsunami warning was issued a few minutes after the tremors, and then returned. The epicenter of the strongest 6.4 shock occurred between Samandag, a coastal town near the border with Syria, and Defne, a town not far inland, also near the border. The earthquake was felt not only in the neighboring Syrian provinces, but also in Cyprus, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Israel and Egypt.
The two tremors were recorded just after 6 p.m. Italy at 8:04 p.m. and 8:07 p.m. local time, and although independent of each other, they are associated with the Earthquake of February 6th, Turkish expert Bulent Özmen said in an interview with state television Trt. After the quake two weeks ago, more than 6,000 aftershocks were recorded in the affected area, including dozens of magnitudes between 5 and 6, before Monday’s two big tremors sparked panic among displaced people who had been tented for two weeks in the cities on the streets erected: There are more than one and a half million people in all ten provinces who were hit by the earthquake two weeks ago.
The earthquake that hit Hatay happened a few hours later
Visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who have traveled to the area and announced that in March the reconstruction of all Turkish cities destroyed by the earthquake will begin “from scratch”. “We want to move the center of the cities in the plains to the mountainous regions,” said Erdogan, citing the goal of reducing the risks associated with natural disasters.
“The project for the new cities envisages buildings no higher than three or four stories,” said the Turkish president, who had met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who came to Turkey to bring it
Washington Solidarity and the pledge that the United States will continue to help Ankara recover from the tragedy of the earthquake.
Since the day of the earthquake, “the number of people rescued after being buried under the rubble has reached 114,834,” Erdogan underscored, adding that this is the case
Aid to over a million and 600,000 people forced to leave their homes after the earthquake.
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