Iran Press/ Asia: Once again, a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale centered in the city of Hatay shook large parts of southern Türkiye, Syria, and Lebanon.
According to an Iranpress report from Hatay, as a result of this earthquake, some buildings in Hatay city, which were damaged in the 7.8 magnitude earthquakes of the Richter scale in southern Türkiye, were completely destroyed.
“Three of our citizens lost their lives; one in the Antakya district, one in the district of Defne, and one in the Samandag district,” Suleyman Soylu said at a news briefing.
Search and rescue efforts are underway at three sites, he added.
At least 32 aftershocks have been recorded so far, according to the Turkish disaster management agency AFAD.
AFAD said the magnitude 6.4 earthquake took place at around 8.04 p.m. local time (1704GMT) in Hatay’s Defne district.
It was followed by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock three minutes later, with the epicenter in Hatay’s Samandag district.
The tremors come just two weeks after the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes centered in Kahramanmaras.
The deadly quakes struck 10 other provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Elazig.
More than 13 million people have been affected by the disaster, with the death toll now above 41,000, according to the latest official figures.
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