Turkey-Syria earthquakes live: Three killed, hundreds injured

al jazeera

By Usaid Siddiqui
    A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Turkey’s southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing three people.
    The epicentre was in the district of Samandag in Turkey, according to Turkish monitor Kandilli, but it was felt in Syria, Israel, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, according to media reports.
     Turkish health minister Fahrettin Koca said 294 people were injured in Monday evening’s earthquake.
    Syria’s state news agency reported six people were injured in Aleppo from falling debris while the mayor of Hatay said a number of buildings had collapsed, trapping people inside.

Collapse of buildings reported in Syria: AJ correspondent

    Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reporting from Beirut said in northwest Syria as well as government-controlled Aleppo reports were coming that some buildings damaged in the February 6 earthquake have collapsed.
    “We’re not getting any reports of serious injuries,” she added.
    “Most of the people who were affected two weeks ago are now living in tents outdoors. In footage or videos emerging from that region you can see people in cars and in the streets, people are frightened, are panicking.”

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