Two new earthquakes, and hundreds of injured in Turkey and Syria

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, the same area hit by the devastating February 6 earthquake, followed by another 5.8-magnitude earthquake.

This led to the resumption of rescue teams' work in search of survivors stuck under the rubble of buildings in Turkey, after two new earthquakes hit Turkey.

Tens of thousands of citizens in Turkey and Syria were seen taking to the streets for fear of damage to buildings from the effects of the earthquakes.

The governor of Hatay, in southern Turkey, announced that the number of victims of the two earthquakes had risen to 6 dead and about 300 injured, while the Civil Defense in northern Syria, the White Helmets, announced that 130 people had been injured, in an indefinite toll.

The Hatay earthquake comes two weeks after the Kahramanmaraş earthquake, in southern Turkey, which caused the death of nearly 47,000 people in Turkey and Syria, and left widespread destruction, and was followed by more than 6,000 aftershocks.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority reported that two earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 on the Richter scale struck the center of the Dafna and Samandag regions in Hatay, in the south of the country, yesterday evening, Monday, and extended to northern Syria, while they were felt by the residents of Lebanon and Palestine.

The Turkish Disaster Management Authority added that 32 aftershocks were recorded after the two earthquakes and added that the residents of the cities of Hatay, Gaziantep, Mersin, Adana, Antalya, and Kahramanmaraş were affected by the earthquake.