A new earthquake has shook southeastern Turkey, killing at least three people and injuring over 200.
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — At least three people were killed and more than 200 injured when a a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 quake, shook southeastern Turkey on Monday, Turkey's interior minister said.
Turkish authorities say Monday's quake struck around 8 p.m. local time. The Feb. 6 earthquake was a magnitude 7.8., also shook Syria, where a rescue group reported injuries from falling debris, and Lebanon. Turkish public broadcaster TRT broadcast live footage of rescue crews operating at a collapsed building in the city of Antakya, one of the worst-hit cities in the Feb. 6 earthquake. It said residents were recovering belongings from their building — damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquake — when it collapsed after the ground shook again on Monday."Don't enter damaged buildings," Oktay warned in a televised statement."Think about your relatives, your loved ones, your spouses.
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