A new earthquake hit Turkey

Istanbul, February 20 (EFE).- New An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hit the Turkish province of Hatay on Mondayone of the hardest hit by the February 6 earthquakes that left at least 41,000 dead.

The earthquake, with an epicenter in the Defne district, south of the city of Antioquiait happened at 17:04 GMT, according to AFAD, Turkey’s emergency agency, and was also felt in neighboring countries.

The authorities have warned the population to stay away from the coast in the province of Hataysince the water level could rise by half a meter after another earthquake.

He Defne City Hall indicated that there was a power outage and that the entire area was in darkness.

“There are collapsed buildings. People are terrified. There were no people in the collapsed buildings. I see collapsed buildings, but I don’t think there were any people inside,” HalkTV told HalkTV. President of Hatay College of Architects, Mustafa Ozçelik.

There is still no information on possible new damage or casualties, but numerous journalists present in Antioquia reported that the earthquake caused panic among the survivors housed in tents.

At least the building, already half-demolished, collapsed in its entirety and debris from other damaged parked cars, reports the NTV network.

Ahmet Ovgun Ercana distinguished geophysicist from the Technical University of Istanbul, assured the HalkTV station that this earthquake, which he estimated lasted 17 seconds, was a normal phenomenon and predicted that some already damaged buildings would collapse.

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Lütfü Savaş, Mayor of the city of Antakyaabout 25 kilometers from the epicenter, assures that several buildings collapsed with people inside.

Since the earthquake last day on the 6th. none of the buildings in Antioch are still habitablebut there are work crews to remove debris that may have been trapped by the collapse.

Except, many survivors have a habit of gathering around the campfire in front of the destroyed buildings to help identify the body, and may be in danger if a neighboring building that is still standing collapses.

“It was terrible, broken windows were falling on us. Everyone left the shops in panic. With the darkness, you still can’t see what happened,” he told EFE by phone. Ugur Sahin, journalist of the newspaper BirGün.

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AFAD is talking about a second aftershock of magnitude 5.8 with the epicenter in Samandag, 18 kilometers south of Defne.