A new earthquake of magnitude 6.4
shook the Turkish province of Hatay
, devastated by a strong tremor that occurred on February 6 that left a balance of 41,000 deaths.
The tremor, with its epicenter south of the city of Antioch, occurred at 1704 GMT, according to data from the Kandilli observatory in Istanbul, and was
also felt in neighboring countries
.
Data on possible new damage or casualties was not
yet available
, but numerous reporters present in Antioquia reported that the tremor caused panic among the survivors staying in tents.
At least one building that was already half collapsing after the quake two weeks ago collapsed entirely, and debris from other buildings damaged parked cars, NTV reports.
Ahmet Ovgun Ercan, a geophysicist at the Istanbul Technical University, assured the HalkTV station that this earthquake, which he estimated to last 17 seconds, is a normal phenomenon and anticipated that some already damaged buildings will have collapsed.
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A Turkish village was cut in two by the earthquake
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