Death toll in fresh earthquakes in southern Türkiye reaches 6

At least 6 people have been killed and nearly 300 injured in two earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye, Report informs via the Hurriyet newspaper.

The publication notes that at least 294 people were injured, 18 of them are in serious condition.

There were at least 32 aftershocks following the earthquakes of magnitude 6.4 and 5.8 in Hatay province the night before, according to the Office of Emergency Situations. Buildings collapsed in several cities. Tremors were felt in Greece, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus.

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The death toll in the fresh earthquakes in the Turkish province of Hatay has reached four people, the country's disaster management authority, AFAD, said, according to Report.

The search for two more people remaining under the rubble continues.

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At least three people died on Monday as a result of two new earthquakes in southern Türkiye, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on local TV.

"As a result of two earthquakes in Hatay, three people were killed and 294 people were injured," he stressed.

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At least three people were killed and 213 others wounded after another earthquake jolted Türkiye’s southern Hatay province on Monday evening, the country’s interior minister said, Report informs via Anadolu Agency.

“Three of our citizens lost their lives; one in the Antakya district, one in the district of Defne, and one in the Samandag district,” Suleyman Soylu said at a news briefing.

Search and rescue efforts are underway at three sites, he added.

At least 32 aftershocks have been recorded so far, according to the Turkish disaster management agency AFAD.

AFAD said the magnitude 6.4 earthquake took place at around 8.04 p.m. local time (1704GMT) in Hatay’s Defne district.

It was followed by a magnitude 5.8 aftershock three minutes later, with the epicenter in Hatay’s Samandag district.

The tremors come just two weeks after the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes centered in Kahramanmaras.

The deadly quakes struck 10 other provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Elazig.

More than 13 million people have been affected by the disaster, with the death toll now above 41,000, according to the latest official figures.​​​​