A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000 dead in the country, the disaster response agency AFAD said.
ANTAKYA, Turkey –
An AFP journalist reported scenes of panic in Antakya, adding that the new tremors raised clouds of dust in the devastated city. “You don’t know what to do… we grabbed each other and right in front of us, the walls started to fall. It felt like the earth was opening up to swallow us up.” Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay on Twitter urged people to stay away from damaged buildings and to follow officials’ warnings.
AFP correspondents in the city of Aleppo, Syria’s second city, said people flocked to the streets after the new quake.
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