Turkey quake: Magnitude 6.3 aftershock strikes, two weeks after large quake killed 1000’s

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A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey on Monday, two weeks after an enormous earthquake killed tens of 1000’s of individuals in Turkey and Syria.

The quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, close to the Syrian border, Turkey’s Catastrophe and Emergency Administration Company (AFAD) stated Monday.

America Geological Survey (USGS) initially reported the quake as being of magnitude 6.4 at a depth of 10 kilometers earlier than revising it down to six.3 magnitude.

AFAD warned folks to steer clear of the shoreline as a precaution on Monday because the nation’s vice chairman urged residents to steer clear of broken buildings.

The mayor of the city of Samandag, close to the place the quake hit, stated some buildings had collapsed and that the temper was one among panic following the AFAD warning.

The highly effective aftershock follows a lethal magnitude 7.8 earthquake on February 6 that left greater than 46,000 folks useless in Turkey and Syria.

CNN groups in Adana, Turkey felt the quake, as did eyewitnesses in Gaziantep and Mersin.

This story has been up to date with new data from USGS.