Late on Monday, two weeks after the country’s deadliest earthquake in recent times left tens of thousands of people dead, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake slammed southern Turkey close to the Syrian border, causing panic and further destroying buildings.
The Hatay province in southern Turkey, which was the area most severely impacted by the latest earthquake, was struck by this one. According to the Guardian, the earthquakes began to shake the village of Defne a few minutes after 8 PM local time. Videos that are going viral on social media show civilians scurrying for cover.
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Similarly, the situation inside Hatay Airport was that of utter panic after a 6.4 magnitude tremor struck the Turkey-Syria border on Monday, according to the disaster agency.
People who were inside the airport flew into a panic as they were unsure about what they should do at that very minute. While some of the passengers dove under charges or sat down on the floor of the airport, others got up and started running in all directions.
One of the passengers captured the confusion inside the airport and posted it on social media. Opoyi cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video.
🇹🇷 Visuals from Hatay airport as the earthquake hits Turkey again. pic.twitter.com/DRjnSjDIvg
— dana (@dana916) February 20, 2023
The tremors were also felt in Lebanon as people in the country took to the streets fearing that buildings are going to collapse on them. Some tremors were also felt by people in Egypt.
The earthquake comes just weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey with its epicenter in the southeastern Kahramanmaras province on February 6. It was followed by over 40 aftershocks. It buried thousands of people across Turkey and Syria under the rubble of flattened buildings in Turkey and neighboring Syria.
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There has been no information on the latest earthquake’s victims yet, but there have been reports of destruction.