Earthquake registering 6.3 hits Turkiye-Syria border region
An earthquake, with a magnitude 6.3 at a depth of two km (1.2 miles), struck the Turkiye-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, Reuters reports.
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Other witnesses said Turkish rescue teams were running around after the latest 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 thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.
"Is there going to be another aftershock?" she asked.