2/21/23 - Another Earthquake Impact Turkey

Another earthquake and tremor result in deaths and destruction in Turkey and beyond.

TURKEY -- There was another earthquake and temblor as well as dozens of aftershocks yesterday that were centered in Turkey.

It was felt in Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and as far away as Egypt

There have been reports that the death toll rose to eight in Turkey and crews are looking for missing people in the three buildings that have collapsed. 

in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, authorities and media said Tuesday.

The earthquake's epicenter was in the town of Defne, in Turkey’s Hatay province, which borders Syria. 

Hatay was one of the worst-hit provinces in Turkey in the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck on Feb. 6. Thousands of buildings were destroyed in the province and Monday’s quake further damaged buildings. The governor’s office in Antakya, Hatay’s historic heart, was also damaged.

Officials have warned quake victims to not go into the remains of their homes, but people have done so to retrieve what they can. They were caught up in the new quake.