Turkey earthquake

Three people have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," local resident Muna al-Omar told Reuters news agency, crying as she held her seven-year-old son. If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the Are you in the area? She had been in a tent in a park in the city centre when the new earthquakes hit.

Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities said on Tuesday.

Even before the tremors, opinion polls showed he was under pressure from a cost of living crisis, which could worsen as the disaster has disrupted agricultural production. The area is controlled by insurgents at war with President Bashar al-Assad. The U.S. "If I rebuild here but they can't return, my life will be lost." She now lives in a tent in a park in Antakya after the Feb. 6 quake, with a magnitude 7.8, forced her out of her home.

Turkey's disaster management authority, AFAD, said the new quake killed six people and injured 294 others, including 18 who were in critical condition.

6 quake, which was followed by a magnitude 7.5 temblor nine hours later, were in Turkey, where at least 42,310 people died, according to the disaster management agency. After the first earthquake, student Ada Yildirim boarded a bus to go help in Hatay province, where her family lives. “When we go in the streets, there is only rubble and heavy machinery. Turkish officials warned residents not to go into the remains of their homes, but people have done so to retrieve what they can. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 865,000 people were living in tents as of Tuesday. There were small children in the house. While his large family’s home withstood the quake earlier in the month, it was damaged on Monday. 6 magnitude [7.8 quake](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/thousands-dead-in-turkey-and-syria-after-7-8-magnitude-earthquake) that killed nearly 46,000 people in the two countries. The White Helmets, northwest Syria’s civil defense organization, said about 190 people suffered injuries in rebel-held areas and that several flimsy buildings collapsed but there were no reports of anyone trapped under the debris. Turkey’s disaster management authority, AFAD, said the new quake killed six people and injured 294 others, including 18 who were in critical condition. “The electricity went and there were screams everywhere. A magnitude 5.8 quake followed, along with dozens of aftershocks.

The shock from the quake was felt as far away as Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Israel and Egypt, and was followed by a second, magnitude 5.8 tremor. Initially Turkish ...

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A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian ...

Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that 18 of the injured are in serious condition and were transported to Adana and Dörtyol. may God help us,” said Zahir, who lives in a town between the cities of Iskenderun and Antakia, in Turkey’s Hatay province. Officials have been urging the public to stay away from buildings. “We don’t know what to do today – today we will stay in the car and in the tent, we don’t know what will happen till tomorrow,” he told CNN. “Our teams are working to take the injured to hospitals, inspect the affected villages and towns, and remove rubble to open the roads for the ambulances,” the White Helmets said. [Turkey](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/19/politics/us-relief-turkey-syria-earthquake/index.html) Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks after [a massive earthquake](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/middleeast/earthquake-turkey-syria-why-deadly-intl/index.html) killed tens of thousands of people in both countries.

Officials warned victims after the first monster quakes not go into their broken homes. Some people who did so anyway were caught up in the new quake.

The majority of deaths in the massive Feb. Hatay was one of the worst-hit provinces in Turkey in the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck on Feb. The epicenter was in southern Kahramanmaras province. They were caught up in the new quake. In Syria, a woman and a girl died as a result of panic during the earthquake in the provinces of Hama and Tartus, pro-government media outlets said. It was also felt in Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and as far away as Egypt, and followed by a second, magnitude 5.8 temblor, and dozens of aftershocks.

Eight people are dead and more than 250 more injured after another earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after a massive tremblor ...

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The toll from two earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday – two weeks after powerful quakes killed more than 47,000 people – has risen to eight, ...

The city is uninhabitable, along with nearby Antakya and Kahramanmaraş. The first 6.3-magnitude quake struck near the Turkish city of Antakya, which was all but destroyed by the 6 February quake and is largely uninhabitable. Most of the injuries were caused by people jumping from structures, or falling as they fled over rubble and walls.

Quake likely to further hamper response to Feb. 6 earthquakes, which killed more than 48000 people.

It was felt as far away as Egypt and Lebanon and was followed by a 5.8-magnitude temblor. The new quake of magnitude 6.4 was centered in the district of Defne in Turkey’s southern Hatay province, wedged between the Mediterranean Sea and the border with Syria. [another strong earthquake](https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-earthquake-strikes-southern-turkey-d914acbf?mod=article_inline) that rattled parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday night, just two weeks after a [pair of quakes unleashed the worst destruction](https://www.wsj.com/articles/earthquake-fallout-raises-political-stakes-in-turkeys-election-year-f921ae11?mod=article_inline) in the region in decades.

Monday another earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border. This time, the quake registered as a magnitude 6.3 — an order lower than the ...

"But we know that the earth works in particular ways, and we know that more aftershocks are likely and they're going to continue to feel shaking. "I would love to be able to say to the people in Syria and Turkey like, 'You're done. And as NPR [previously reported](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158377966/new-earthquake-turkey), some locals were inside buildings trying to recover belongings lost in the initial quake when Monday's aftershock hit. In that way, "they're the only earthquakes that we can actually kind of predict," Bohan says. She notes that aftershocks are common and expected, occurring up to years after an earthquake. [magnitude 6.3](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jqcn/executive) — an order lower than the initial, devastating [7.8 magnitude earthquake](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/05/1154719598/turkey-syria-earthquake) and the magnitude 7.5 aftershock that struck the area two weeks ago on Feb.

North Carolina and international groups like Samaritan's Purse, Doctors Without Borders and Save the Children are helping earthquake victims.

“Our Trust & Safety team reviews and verifies fundraisers to help ensure funds go to the correct recipients,” GoFundMe explained on its website. To support their aid work, To make a donation, visit at [savethechildren.org](https://www.savethechildren.org/). [gofundme.com/c/act/turkey-syria-earthquake-help](https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/turkey-syria-earthquake-help) to find verified fundraisers. [give.unrefugees.org](https://give.unrefugees.org/180117core_mainpg_p_3000/). To support their work, visit [samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/turkey-earthquake-response](https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/turkey-earthquake-response/). [donate.doctorswithoutborders.org](https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/). [baptistsonmission.org](https://baptistsonmission.org/). ](https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/know-your-704) [including one Monday](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/another-powerful-earthquake-hits-turkey-and-syria/#x), continue to create problems on the ground, but there are already numerous charities and relief organizations in the region looking to help victims.