Two weeks after the deadly earthquake, there is still no peace in Turkey. Tremors hit the country again, this time with a magnitude of 6.3. Again it hits the border region to Syria. And again buildings are damaged.
A new earthquake has shaken Turkey in the border region with Syria. The quake had a magnitude of 6.3, the European earthquake monitoring station EMSC announced in the evening. According to eyewitnesses, other buildings in the city of Antakya were damaged. The tremors were also felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. The epicenter was in the Samandag district, the earthquake control center said.
The quake came two weeks after a devastating earthquake hit the region. Early in the morning of February 6, a 7.7-magnitude tremor shook southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, followed hours later by a second severe 7.6-magnitude tremor. In both cases, the epicenter was in the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaras. More than 47,000 people died in the quake, including at least more than 41,000 in Turkey.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser want to visit the earthquake area in south-east Turkey on Tuesday. During the one-day visit, the two politicians want to get an idea of the situation on site.
