Earthquake strikes on Syrian-Turkish border

A new earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hit the Syrian-Turkish border. This is reported RIA Novosti with reference to CNN Turk.

According to European seismologists, the source of tremors lay at a depth of two kilometers. They happened at 17:04 GMT. The epicenter was located 75 kilometers from the Syrian Latakia.

“The earth shook under my feet. There were very strong followingshocks, there is destruction, ”said the correspondent, who at that time was working live from the province of Hatay.

The Turkish President visited the region on Monday, but by the evening he had already reached Kahramanmaras. This city was damaged by the earthquake that occurred on February 6th.

As a result of new tremors, a part of the highway connecting the Turkish cities of Antakya and Iskenderun was destroyed, buildings that were damaged earlier by the elements collapsed.

In Turkey, a 77-year-old woman In Turkey, a 77-year-old woman was pulled out from the rubble 212 hours following the earthquake

The victim was hospitalized

“> got alive from the rubble nine days following the earthquake.

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