An earthquake measuring 5.6 was recorded at 12:04 (10:04 in Italy) in
Malatya
, one of the provinces in southeastern Turkey already affected by the earthquake of 6 February.
This was announced by the Turkish agency for disasters and emergencies Afad, as reported by Anadolu, announcing that the epicenter was identified in Yesilyurt, one of the districts of the city in southeastern Anatolia.
The Turkish state TV Trt broadcast a video in which the inhabitants of one of the city's neighborhoods can be seen coming out of the buildings and running into the street in panic.
The earthquake of February 6
Meanwhile, at least 44,374 people have lost their lives in Turkey due to the earthquake that hit southeastern Anatolia on February 6.
This was announced by the Turkish agency for disasters and emergencies AFAD, as reported by Sabah.
"We are now completely focused on clearing the rubble," said Yunus Sezer, president of AFAD, speaking of almost 10,000 aftershocks recorded since the day of the earthquake and over one and a half million displaced people in the ten provinces affected by the earthquake, while 563,000 people been evacuated from the area.
According to the NGO Syrian Observatory on Human Rights, the victims in the areas affected by the earthquake in northern Syria are over 6,700, bringing the total death toll to over 50,000 between the two countries.