Turkey and Syria have been hit by two more huge earthquakes just two weeks after the border between the countries suffered its last devastating tremor.
A 6.4 and a 5.8 magnitude tremor has struck the border between the two countries, with reports of more collapsed buildings and trapped individuals. Turkey's disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred shortly after 8pm local time (5pm GMT).
Earlier this month, a huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed nearly 45,000 lives hit both countries, who have been struggling to recover ever since.
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The mayor of Hatay, a southern Turkish province, has said a number of buildings have collapsed - trapping people inside. The Turkish vice president said at least eight people have been injured.
Syria’s state news agency SANA has reported that six people have been injured in Aleppo from falling debris.
According to witnesses, the tremor was also felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. Turkish authorities have recorded over 6,000 aftershocks since the earthquake on February 6, before the two today.
In Syria, the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, have said several people were injured within the rebel-held northwest after they jumped from buildings or were hit by falling debris. They added that several already damaged and abandoned buildings collapsed, but did not injure anyone.
It has also been reported that alongside affecting buildings, electricity and internet services were interrupted in parts of the region.
AFAD chief Yunus Sezer told reporters that search teams will be continuing with their efforts in a number of collapsed buildings in Hatay.
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