New 6.4 Quake Hits Same Devastated Turkish Province

The Guardian reports:

A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, terrifying those left in a region devastated by powerful twin earthquakes two weeks earlier.

The quake, less powerful than the initial 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes which tore a path of destruction through southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February, albeit threatened yet more devastation in a region that had seen many people flee their destroyed homes for the safety of other towns and villages outside of the earthquake zone.

It struck at a depth of just two km (1.2 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, potentially magnifying its impact at ground level. It was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.

Read the full article. The screenshot above is from the aftermath of the earlier earthquakes.

Turkey hit by new 6.4-magnitude earthquake https://t.co/Xe5xNipntU

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 20, 2023

BREAKING: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits devastated areas of Turkey and Syria. https://t.co/dnICimiM2l pic.twitter.com/LH4PjPYdbZ

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 20, 2023