CCTV: 6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Turkey
A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey’s Hatay province, scaring those left behind in a region devastated by powerful twin earthquakes two weeks ago.
Less powerful than the original 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that ripped through southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6, the quake threatens to wreak even more havoc in a region where many people have fled their destroyed homes for the safety of others. towns and villages outside the earthquake area.
It struck at a depth of just two km (1.2 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said, potentially amplifying its impact at ground level. It was centered near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said the 6.4-magnitude epicenter was in Hatay’s Defne district, an area at the southernmost tip of the Antakya regional center that stretches toward the city of Samandağ, areas that had already complained of lackluster the government’s response to their response. suffering after the earthquake two weeks ago.
“It was the first day we decided to stay in our house because it’s only one floor, and I used our heater to warm up and show what to do in case of another earthquake,” said Ata Koşar in Hatay. town of Ekinci, who lost his brother, sister-in-law and nephew when their nearby luxury apartment building collapsed during the first earthquake.
