ANTAKYA, Turkey – Six folks had been killed in an earthquake which struck the border area of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a bigger quake killed greater than 47,000 folks and broken or destroyed tons of of 1000’s of houses.
Monday’s quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centered close to the southern Turkish metropolis of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. It struck at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) stated.
CNN Turk confirmed a rescue crew climbing a ladder to enter one constructing the place some folks had been trapped after the newest tremor. It stated the quake struck whereas folks had been within the already broken constructing to retrieve possessions earlier than it was demolished.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated 294 folks had been injured in Monday night’s earthquake, with 18 severely harm and transported to hospitals in Adana and Dortyol.
Patients had been evacuated from some well being amenities that had remained in operation after the huge tremors two weeks in the past, as cracks had emerged within the buildings, Koca stated on Twitter.
In Samandag, the place the nation’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority AFAD had reported one individual lifeless on Monday, residents stated extra buildings collapsed however a lot of the city had already fled after the preliminary earthquakes. Mounds of particles and discarded furnishings lined the darkish, deserted streets.
Muna Al Omar stated she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the bottom began heaving once more.
“I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,” she stated on Monday, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on a go to to Turkey on Monday that Washington would assist “for as long as it takes” as rescue operations within the wake of the Feb. 6 earthquake and its aftershocks wound down, and the main focus turned to towards shelter and reconstruction work.
The demise toll from the quakes two weeks in the past rose to 41,156 in Turkey, AFAD stated on Monday, and it was anticipated to climb additional, with 385,000 flats recognized to have been destroyed or severely broken and many individuals nonetheless lacking.
President Tayyip Erdogan stated building work on almost 200,000 flats in 11 earthquake-hit provinces of Turkey would start subsequent month.
Total US humanitarian help to help the earthquake response in Turkey and Syria has reached $185 million, the US State Department stated.
Among the survivors of the earthquakes are about 356,000 pregnant ladies who urgently want entry to well being providers, the UN sexual and reproductive well being company has stated.
They embody 226,000 ladies in Turkey and 130,000 in Syria, about 38,800 of whom will ship within the subsequent month. Many of them had been sheltering in camps or uncovered to freezing temperatures and struggling to get meals or clear water.
Syria support
In Syria, already shattered by greater than a decade of civil battle, most deaths have been within the northwest, the place the United Nations stated 4,525 folks had been killed. The space is managed by insurgents at battle with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, complicating support efforts.
Syrian officers say 1,414 folks had been killed in areas below the management of Assad’s authorities.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) stated a convoy of 14 of its vehicles had entered northwestern Syria from Turkey on Sunday to help in rescue operations.
The World Food Programme has additionally been pressuring authorities in that area to cease blocking entry for support from Syrian government-controlled areas.
As of Monday morning, 197 vehicles loaded with UN humanitarian support had entered northwest Syria by two border crossings, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated.
Thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned to their houses in northwest Syria to get in contact with relations affected by the devastation.
At the Turkish Cilvegozu border crossing, tons of of Syrians lined up beginning early on Monday to cross.
Mustafa Hannan, who dropped off his pregnant spouse and 3-year-old son, stated he noticed about 350 folks ready.
The 27-year-old automobile electrician stated his household was leaving for just a few months after their residence in Antakya collapsed, taking on a pledge by authorities permitting them to spend as much as six months in Syria with out shedding the possibility to return to Turkey.
“I’m worried they won’t be allowed back,” he stated. “We’ve already been separated from our nation. Are we going to be separated from our families now too? If I rebuild here but they can’t return, my life will be lost.” —Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
