An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 has hit Turkey. A CNN Turk reporter said: “The ground slipped from under our feet. We shook unbelievably. The children were very scared. It was an incredibly big earthquake. This was not an earthquake like an aftershock. This place is now under smoke”. Multiple buildings have reportedly collapsed in certain areas, including Idlib, Aleppo, Jindires, Salqin and Atareb.
Hospitals are also said to be receiving reports of numerous injuries following the earthquake.
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.
Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said that the 6.4 magnitude epicentre was in the Defne district of Hatay, an area on the southernmost tip of the regional centre Antakya that stretches towards the town of Samandağ, places that had already complained of a lacklustre government response to their suffering following the earthquakes of two weeks ago.
The death toll from the quakes two weeks ago rose to 41,156 in Turkey, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority AFAD said on Monday, and it was expected to climb further, with 385,000 apartments known to have been destroyed or seriously damaged and many people still missing.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Express, Saleh Saeed, the DEC’s chief executive, said the response was “truly humbling”.
He added: “When it comes to generosity, the British public excels – something we are all proud of. When it counts, you act.
“So far, the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal has raised an incredible £91million in just 11 days. We are extremely grateful that even in these times of hardship for many in the UK, you have dug deep and shared your hard-earned cash.”
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