Turkey-Syria quake highlights: New temblor leaves 8 dead, nearly 300 injured
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Live Updates: Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Monday's quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. It struck at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said....Read More
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 294 people were injured in Monday evening's earthquake, with 18 seriously hurt and transported to hospitals in Adana and Dortyol.
Turkey's disaster management agency said on Twitter another 5.8-magnitude quake followed three minutes later and its epicentre was Samandag district in Hatay.
The fresh tremors come as the region is still reeling from two devastating earthquakes that struck earlier this month. The death toll, which already tops 41,000 in Turkey and thousands more in neighboring Syria, is expected to keep rising as emergency workers comb through collapsed buildings.
Turkey-Syria new quake death toll rises to eight, AP reports
The death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, news agency AP reported.
CCTV records tremors, vibrations as Turkish town gets hit again
Visuals have emerged on social media capturing the moment an earthquake jolted the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by deadly quakes that killed more than 47,000 people. Read more
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'NDRF recovered 85 bodies in Turkey-Syria quake'
A total of 85 bodies were recovered by NDRF and we were able to rescue two girls alive. There was so much respect from locals. There were food problems but they used to arrange some food and tea for our teams: NDRF DG Atul Karwal told ANI
Watch: The moment fresh 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey, Syria
EU health agency warns of disease outbreaks
The European Union’s health agency warned Monday of the risk of disease outbreaks in the coming weeks. The Centre for Disease Prevention and Controls said that “food and water-borne diseases, respiratory infections and vaccine-preventable infections are a risk in the upcoming period, with the potential to cause outbreaks, particularly as survivors are moving to temporary shelters.”
“A surge of cholera cases in the affected areas is a significant possibility in the coming weeks,” it said, noting that authorities in northwestern Syria have reported thousands of cases of the disease since last September and a planned vaccination campaign was delayed due to the quake.
Ready to help always: NDRF chief on fresh Turkey quakes
6.3 is the magnitude of the earthquake that took place recently in Turkey. Till now there is no request but NDRF is prepared for any eventuality and we are absolutely ready to help in any manner: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) director-general Atul Karwal
Death toll rises after fresh earthquake hits Turkey-Syria border
Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday
An overview of major quakes in Turkey since 1975
Death toll rises to 41,156 in Turkey
The death toll from the quakes two weeks ago rose to 41,156 in Turkey, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency AFAD said on Monday, and it was expected to climb further, with 385,000 apartments known to have been destroyed or seriously damaged and many people still missing. In Syria, most deaths have been in the northwest, where the United Nations said 4,525 people were killed.
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UN ready to ‘provide additional support’ after two fresh earthquakes hit Turkey
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the organization is ready to provide additional support to Turkey after the nation was hit by two fresh earthquakes on Monday.
"My thoughts continue to be with the people of Turkiye and Syria, as they face the impact of new earthquakes striking the region this evening. @UN teams on the ground are assessing the situation, and we stand ready to provide additional support as needed," Guterres said in a tweet.
You have made the country proud: PM to NDRF personnel in Turkey relief ops
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with the NDRF personnel who returned from Turkey after working in search and rescue operations there in the aftermath of the February 6 earthquake. Read more
'Deeply concerned' US will extend full support to quake-hit Turkey
The United States is "deeply concerned" over the two fresh earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey on Monday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said and adding that they are ready to "extend full support."
Taking to Twitter, Sullivan wrote, "We are deeply concerned by the news of earthquakes impacting areas already devastated in Turkiye and Syria. The US will continue to extend our full support."
‘Thought the earth was going to split open’
Reuters saw Turkish rescue teams running around on foot after the latest quake to check on residents, most of whom were living in temporary tents after the tremors two weeks ago. Muna Al Omar, a resident, said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the earthquake hit.
"I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.
Turkey to build nearly 200,000 homes in quake-hit region: Erdogan
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Hatay earlier on Monday, and said his government would begin constructing close to 200,000 new homes in the quake-devastated region as early as next month.
Two earthquakes hit Turkey fortnight after deadly tremors
Two earthquakes struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
Monday's quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
