ADANA, Turkey — A strong new earthquake shook southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Monday night, spreading panic amongst survivors two weeks after a robust double tremor close by destroyed greater than 100,000 buildings, killed greater than 46,000 folks and left greater than 1,000,000 homeless.
The 6.3-magnitude quake struck close to the city of Uzunbag in Turkey’s Hatay Province simply after 5 p.m. native time, in response to the US Geological Survey. The identical province suffered widespread injury in the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck earlier than daybreak on Feb. 6, adopted by a robust aftershock a number of hours later.
The shaking on Monday unfold terror throughout the quake zone, the place many individuals, traumatized by the preliminary quake, are staying in tents and sleeping of their vehicles as a result of they continue to be too scared to to go inside any buildings.
Folks in tears evacuated a lodge in Adana, the place quite a lot of buildings had collapsed within the preliminary quake. The authorities in Turkey warned residents of the quake zone to avoid broken buildings and the nation’s nationwide catastrophe administration group warned folks in a tweet to avoid Mediterranean shoreline, fearing that the ocean stage may rise.
Cora Engelbrecht reported from Adana, Turkey, and Ben Hubbard from Istanbul.
