The epicenter of the new earthquake was in the Mediterranean Sea.
On Thursday, February 16, another earthquake occurred in the southeast of Turkey. Earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.1 were recorded in Hatay province.
As Anadolu reports, the epicenter of the new earthquake was located in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 9.26 km and at a distance of 6 km from the city of Arsuz. The governor of the Turkish region, Rahmi Dogan, noted that the authorities have not yet received information about victims or destruction caused by the new earthquake.
“Our forces continue to monitor the situation,” the official stressed.
Earthquake in Turkey: the latest news
On the morning of February 6, southeast Turkey and the border areas of Syria were shaken by two powerful earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7. After that, dozens of aftershocks and a number of powerful aftershocks were recorded. The number of earthquake victims exceeded 41,000.
On February 16, in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras, which was badly affected by the earthquake, a girl was rescued from the rubble 248 hours after the disaster. Her name is Aleina Olmez and she is 17 years old.
Direct damage from the earthquake in Turkey, which caused massive destruction of buildings, is 2.5% of GDP or 25 billion dollars.
