According to the Al-Arabiya TV channel, four people died as a result of panic and stampede that arose during tremors in the cities of Aleppo and Tartus.
Another woman died in the city of Latakia, located on the Mediterranean coast, reports Sky News Arabia.
About it writes RIA Novosti.
Earlier, European seismologists reported that an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 occurred on the border of Syria and Turkey.
In addition, Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said that at least three people were killed, 213 were hospitalized after new earthquakes in the Turkish province of Hatay.