Two new shocks strike Syrian/Turkish coast

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Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:56 UTC

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Fresh damage in Turkey's Hatay province, February 20, 2023

Earthquake hits Eastern Mediterranean, 49 km north of Latakia, Syria, Feb 21, 2023 12:16 am (GMT +3) .

A tsunami alert was issued:

Comment: The Guardian is reporting:

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake and a second measuring 5.8 have hit Turkey's southern province of Hatay, terrifying those left in a region devastated by twin earthquakes two weeks ago.

Turkey's interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, said that at least three people were killed and 213 wounded by the latest quakes, after a large government hospital in the city of İskenderun in the north of Hatay province declared it was evacuating patients.

The latest quakes, less powerful than the 7.8- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that tore a path of destruction through southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February, threaten yet more devastation in a region where many people have fled their destroyed homes for the safety of other towns and villages outside the quake zone.

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Turkey and Syria are rocked by two new earthquakes February 20, 2023

The larger quake struck at a depth of just 2km (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.