An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 was recorded on Monday evening, February 20, in the Turkish province of Hatay, the most affected by the earthquakes of February 6 which killed more than 41,000 people in Turkey, reported the Turkish relief agency Afad.
The earthquake, whose epicenter was located in the locality of Defne, a district located about fifteen minutes by car – in normal times – from Antakya, occurred at 8:04 p.m. local time (5:04 p.m. GMT) and was very violently felt by the AFP teams in Antakya and Adana, 200 km further north.
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According to an AFP journalist on the spot, the quake sparked panic among the already hard-hit population and raised large clouds of dust in the ruined city.
This same journalist saw and heard several sections of already badly damaged building walls crumble and several people, apparently injured, calling for help.
According to Afad, more than 6,000 aftershocks have been recorded since the first earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 devastated southern Turkey and Syria.
With AFP
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