Earthquake Turkey

2023 - 2 - 21

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Another earthquake hits Turkey and Syria (Business Day)

Antakya — 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 ...

At the Turkish Cilvegozu border crossing, hundreds of Syrians lined up starting early on Monday to cross. Among the survivors of the earthquakes are about 356,000 pregnant women who urgently need access to health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency has said. The World Food Programme has also been pressing authorities in that region to stop blocking access for aid from Syrian government-controlled areas. “I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,” she said on Monday, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms. Mounds of debris and discarded furniture lined the dark, abandoned streets. CNN Turk showed a rescue team climbing a ladder to enter one building where people had been trapped after the latest tremor.

Turkey hit by two more powerful earthquakes two weeks after disaster (The Guardian)

Three killed and 213 injured, government says, after quakes of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude shake southern province of Hatay.

It was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. The area is controlled by insurgents at war with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, complicating aid efforts. At least 47,000 people are estimated to have died across Turkey and Syria. “I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,” she said, crying as she held her seven-year-old son in her arms. “Some buildings were destroyed, there are some who are trapped under the rubble,” he said. We heard what sounded like more buildings collapsing again, and more damage to our house.”

New Turkey earthquake leaves three dead and people trapped ... (BBC News)

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 new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier ... (NPR)

Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday.

Turkish public broadcaster TRT broadcast live footage of rescue crews operating at a collapsed building in the city of Antakya, one of the worst-hit cities in the Feb. It said residents were recovering belongings from their building — damaged in the Feb. A waiter's family escaped their home and brought blankets into the restaurant to sleep there. Turkish officials say there have been thousands of aftershocks in the last two weeks. "Think about your relatives, your loved ones, your spouses. The Feb.

Magnitude 6.3 aftershock strikes southern Turkey, killing 3 and ... (CNN)

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.

Deadly earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, sparking panic (Aljazeera.com)

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck the Turkey-Syria border region, killing at least three people, two weeks after the area was devastated by quakes that ...

Many people fled their homes and were gathering in open areas. Some people got into accidents rushing out, some even jumped from their balconies to escape the earthquake. About 6,000 people died in Syria. Lutfu Savas, Hatay’s mayor, said a number of buildings collapsed on Monday. “We understand that four men had gone into the building to recover some belongings. Turkey’s disaster management agency said a magnitude 5.8 quake followed three minutes later.