Published February 20,2023
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At least three folks have been killed and 213 others wounded after one other earthquake jolted Türkiye‘s southern Hatay province on Monday night, the nation’s inside minister mentioned.
“Three of our citizens lost their lives; one in the Antakya district, one in the district of Defne, and one in the Samandağ district,” Süleyman Soylu mentioned at a news briefing.
Search and rescue efforts are underway at three websites, he added.
At least 32 aftershocks have been recorded up to now, in response to the Turkish catastrophe administration company AFAD.
AFAD mentioned the magnitude 6.4 earthquake befell at round 8.04 p.m. native time (1704GMT) in Hatay’s Defne district.
It was adopted by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock three minutes later, with the epicenter in Hatay’s Samandağ district.
The tremors come simply two weeks after the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes centered in Kahramanmaraş.
The lethal quakes struck 10 different provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Elazığ.
More than 13 million folks have been affected by the catastrophe, with the loss of life toll now above 41,000, in response to the most recent official figures.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
