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Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake ...

Two tremors measuring 6.4 and 5.8 in magnitude struck the Turkish province of Hatay on Monday, two weeks after the region was devastated by larger ...

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Three people have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," local resident Muna al-Omar told Reuters news agency, crying as she held her seven-year-old son. If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the Are you in the area? She had been in a tent in a park in the city centre when the new earthquakes hit.

A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian ...

Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that 18 of the injured are in serious condition and were transported to Adana and Dörtyol. may God help us,” said Zahir, who lives in a town between the cities of Iskenderun and Antakia, in Turkey’s Hatay province. Officials have been urging the public to stay away from buildings. “We don’t know what to do today – today we will stay in the car and in the tent, we don’t know what will happen till tomorrow,” he told CNN. “Our teams are working to take the injured to hospitals, inspect the affected villages and towns, and remove rubble to open the roads for the ambulances,” the White Helmets said. [Turkey](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/19/politics/us-relief-turkey-syria-earthquake/index.html) Monday, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more, according to Turkish and Syrian officials, two weeks after [a massive earthquake](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/middleeast/earthquake-turkey-syria-why-deadly-intl/index.html) killed tens of thousands of people in both countries.

The 5.8 earthquake was the largest of 90 aftershocks that followed the 6.4 quake, AFAD said Tuesday. The quakes struck Turkey's Hatay province and were felt in ...

But there were no cases of people being trapped under the rubble, they added. [said Monday](https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDefe/status/1627739155135401988) that there was "a state of panic and fear among the people" as a result of the new quake. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/nato-2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-government-recep-tayyip-erdogan-8ce37276b676db5d011dd52e4de8cd0d)reported. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-government-business-18c9a263e69c786e1f9eb77ff49d221b?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_04)reported. [AFAD](https://twitter.com/AFADBaskanlik/status/1627729013727690752), which [urged people to stay away from](https://twitter.com/AFADBaskanlik/status/1627729015946547205)the coastline as a precaution against possible rising sea levels. [massive earthquake and aftershocks](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/magnitude-78-quake-hits-turkey-near-syria-border) devastated the region.

The twin quakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6, 2023 caused widespread destruction and tens of thousands of deaths.

University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are studying why. It's all about the reverberation. Below the beautiful lakes and swamps in the Minto Flats region is ...

And we know that because we put the stations out there to record earthquakes,” Tape said. “The shaking is like 10 times less compared to if you were just downhill from that. “The ridge between Nenana and Fairbanks, when you drive along that, you’re high up on pretty close to rock. Below the beautiful lakes and swamps in the Minto Flats region is a giant bowl, and it’s filled with gravel. It was filled in over millions of years with sediment brought by the rivers from the Alaska Range. The seismic monitors recorded earthquakes lasting longer on the gravel-filled basin than on harder ground.

The US Navy shut down submarine facilities and cancelled the AUKUS deal after having predicted recent earthquakes. OUR VERDICT. False.

The claim the US Navy shut down submarine dry docks after having predicted recent earthquakes is false. Work on the other two will start after the others are returned to service. For more information, please refer to our Production work on the AUKUS submarines has not yet begun. He added: “How did the Americans know? [here](https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/iraq-war-post-is-a-claim-of-mass-deception/), [here](https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/queensland-isnt-planning-to-put-unvaccinated-residents-in-quarantine-camps/) and [here](https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/post-misleads-on-ukraines-role-in-iraq-war/). In a Facebook video, he implies the earthquakes could have therefore been man-made. They are very, very suspicious. This was 14 days ago. [AUKUS](https://www.defence.gov.au/about/taskforces/nuclear-powered-submarine-task-force/frequently-asked-questions) partnership between Australia, the UK and the US. The US Navy told AAP FactCheck it “cannot predict” earthquakes and “does not have any suspicions about future earthquakes.” [Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program](https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Shipyards/SIOP/) (SIOP), identified potential issues associated with the remote possibility of a large-scale earthquake occurring simultaneously with a submarine maintenance availability,” the US Navy said in a [press release](https://connect.aap.com.au/https/www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3280857/seismic-mitigation-work-on-two-pacific-northwest-dry-docks-begins/#:~:text=%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D%2D-,Navy%20to%20Temporarily%20Suspend%20Some%20Dry%20Dock%20Operations%20in%20the%20Pacific,Office%20of%20Information%20at%20703%2D697%2D5342%20or%20ptgn_chinfonewsdesk%40navy.mil.,-Press%20Briefings) on January 27.

Turkey's disaster management agency said six people were killed and about 300 injured – 18 critically. Two people died in Syria. Live updates.

The previous quakes had killed more than 21,000 people in his province, he said, adding that 80% of homes and businesses needed to be rebuilt or fortified. [Buildings collapse in Syria] [In Syria's rebel-controlled northwest, almost 200 people were injured, mostly cases of broken bones and bruises, according to the White Helmets, the local civil defense organization. "Our teams are working tirelessly to clear rubble & debris, secure damaged buildings, open roads, and retrieve belongings of civilians," the White Helmets tweeted. More than 1 million people were left homeless in Turkey alone by the earlier quakes. Hatay, which borders Syria and the Mediterranean Sea, was hit hard by the Feb. The earthquake, which struck Monday at 8:04 p.m., was centered in the town of Defne in Turkey's Hatay province.

The toll from two earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday – two weeks after powerful quakes killed more than 47,000 people – has risen to eight, ...

The city is uninhabitable, along with nearby Antakya and Kahramanmaraş. The first 6.3-magnitude quake struck near the Turkish city of Antakya, which was all but destroyed by the 6 February quake and is largely uninhabitable. Most of the injuries were caused by people jumping from structures, or falling as they fled over rubble and walls.

The Erdogan government's response to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey has been widely criticised. But how it might affect the forthcoming presidential ...

A sign of this is the Turkish government’s [refusal of Cyprus’s offer](https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/02/08/earthquake-disaster-turkey-cyprus/) of assistance. [postpone the elections](https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-opposition-anger-response/), citing emergency relief efforts. It is likely to dramatically alter the country’s internal political trajectory and its involvement in regional conflicts. [Turkish lira collapsed](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/turkey-financial-crisis-lira-plunges-again-amid-contagion-fears). [annexing Northern Cyprus](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/erdogan-wants-to-annex-northern-cyprus-top-us-senator-says) remains a possibility for Erdogan. Erdogan, who founded the AKP, has been criticised for his increasingly authoritarian tendencies and his consolidation of power. Turkish rock star [Haluk Levent](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2023/02/17/in-turkey-haluk-levent-is-a-rock-star-with-a-big-heart_6016230_117.html) launched his own aid and rescue operations, collecting millions and mobilising thousands of volunteers faster than the government. It was thought an all-powerful president would speed up bureaucracy and place the country on a fast trajectory of progress and development. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been calling for an Erdogan’s AKP could lose votes in quake zones where Kurdish votes hold the balance of power. [People are now asking](https://www.jagrantv.com/en-show/turkey-earthquake-public-angry-over-turkish-government-about-earthquake-tax-people-asks-about-the-funds-collected-through-tax-rc1038583) what happened to all that money. While this might have seemed a good idea, AFAD’s dependence on government orders [paralysed](https://twitter.com/yirmiucderece/status/1622880238009982976?s=20&t=37EWhfJCmCA_j8YvA4JRAw) its response capability.

Stacker looked at how the world responded to seven of the largest earthquakes of this century, outlining emergency response efforts and humanitarian aid.

Geological Survey's [earthquake catalog](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/). The analysis compiled damage and aid costs from the international disaster database [EM-DAT](https://www.emdat.be/), alongside initial earthquake magnitudes from the U.S. [$95 million has been paid or committed](https://fts.unocha.org/emergencies/954/flows/2023?order=flow_property_simple_2&sort=desc) to relief efforts from international organizations like the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund and individual governments around the world, including Germany, Mexico, Italy, and Denmark. [Stacker](https://stacker.com/) looked at how the world responded to seven of the largest earthquakes of this century, outlining emergency response efforts and humanitarian aid. Countries that sit above the meeting point of tectonic plates are constantly experiencing seismic activity, the majority of which is minor. 6 is the worst the region has experienced in more than a century.

At 20:04 on 20 February 2023, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Hatay in southern Türkiye which was followed by a 5.8 magnitude aftershock three minutes later ...

Twenty-six (26) Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) remain active in the affected area and supported the medical response to newly injured victims of the latest earthquake. United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Teams continue to support the coordination of search and rescue operations and UNDAC teams remain active in Malatya, Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, and Hatay. These earthquakes were felt throughout the region causing renewed fear for those who survived the devasting earthquakes on February 6, 2023, which killed 42,310 people in the country as of 21 February 2023 according to Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

"Just two weeks after one of the worst earthquakes in Türkiye's history, another deadly quake hit Hatay, once again collapsing buildings and claiming lives.

We heard reports of people who were so afraid that they were jumping off balconies to escape buildings. We were already hearing reports of acute trauma in children, this is likely to only get worse after last night. For them, just like for millions of children and their families, this new quake has retriggered trauma experienced in recent weeks.