Turkey has been hit by a second massive earthquake, hours after an earlier catastrophic quake devastated the region, killing more than 1,500 people and injuring thousands more, while toppling thousands of buildings.
The second quake hit at 1:24 pm (1024 GMT), two-and-a-half miles south-southeast of the town of Ekinozu and around 60 miles north of the first quake that wrought devastation across Turkey and Syria, and as rescue workers continued their efforts.
The 7.5 magnitude trembler struck as hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble as a result of the first, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area.
Twitter – Turkiye
#BREAKING #TURKIYE #TURQUIA #TURQUIE #TURKEY
🔴TURKIYE :POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 7.4 HIT 10 CITIES IN SOUTHEASTERN REGION💔#VIDEO SANLIURFA CITY
Buildings continue to collapse due to AFTERSHOCKS #BreakingNews #UltimaHora #Earthquake #Terremoto #Temblor #Gempa #Deprem pic.twitter.com/kgEtacneUJ
— loveworld (@LoveWorld_Peopl) February 6, 2023
#BREAKING: The collapse of buildings in Turkey after the earthquake, and the total number of victims in #Turkey and #Syria, the number of deaths exceeded 1,500, and the number of injured 7,000. #deprem #Turkiye #تركيا #سوريا pic.twitter.com/Yzi6DS955T
— MGreen (@mgreentv) February 6, 2023
May Allah forgive all the Muslims who died in the Powerful 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and grant a speedy recovery to thousands of injured people.Prayers for Turkiye #earthquakeinturkey #Istanbul #Syria #Iran #زلزال pic.twitter.com/ma4xFPSenp
— HAMZii AWAN (@hamza_awan28) February 6, 2023
Hatay Province, Turkey — "All the buildings have collapsed."pic.twitter.com/z0W39W2zHq
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 6, 2023
