General view of city after earthquake on February 20, 2023 in Hatay, Türkiye. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has topped 46,000, with search and rescue teams beginning to wind down their work. (Photo by Umut Unver / dia images via Getty Images)
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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border region late on Monday, setting off panic and damaging buildings in Turkey’s Antakya city two weeks after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history left tens of hundreds dead.
Two Reuters witnesses reported a robust quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya, where it was centered. It was also felt in Egypt and Lebanon, Reuters reporters said.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the tremor struck at a depth of two km (1.2 miles).
Other witnesses said Turkish rescue teams were running around after the most recent quake, checking people were unharmed.
Muna Al Omar, a resident, said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the earthquake hit.
“I believed the earth was going to separate open under my feet,” she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.
“Is there going to be one other aftershock?” she asked.
The 2 larger earthquakes that hit on Feb. 6, which also rocked neighboring Syria, left greater than 1,000,000 homeless and killed excess of the most recent official tally of 46,000 people in each countries.
