Another earthquake has struck Turkey after Frank Hoogerbeets with Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGEOS) forecasted that other earthquakes are expected to hit the country in the coming days and weeks, after the first double-tragedy which left thousands dead.
A 6.4 magnitude tremor struck near the city of Antakya near the border with Syria, where massive quakes devastated both countries on 6 February.
Many buildings weakened by the earlier earthquakes in both countries fell.
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According to Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency, the 6.4 earthquake happened at 20:04 local time (17:04 GMT) at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles).
The earthquake was then followed by a 5.8 aftershock three minutes later and dozens of subsequent aftershocks that were not as severe.
According to reports, 6 people have died, and 294 people were injured.
The death toll of Monday’s quake was said to be low because the earthquake happened in an area that was already devastated by the earlier one.
There was panic in the city and streets of Antakya as ambulances and rescue crews tried to reach the worst affected areas where the walls of badly damaged buildings had collapsed.
A local resident said he was still looking for bodies of lost family members when the earthquake happened.
“I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet. You don’t know what to do… we grabbed each other and right in front of us, the walls started to fall,” he said.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan promised to hold people responsible for shoddy construction that led to deaths in the initial earthquake.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $100m (£83m) in humanitarian aid, saying that America would help with earthquake recovery “for as long as it takes”.
