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Earthquake registering 6.3 hits Turkiye-Syria border region

21 Feb 2023 - 20:38

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.


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.


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