A new earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5 has been reported in southeast Turkey by Turkey’s AFAD emergency authority and the United States Geological Service (USGS).
Turkish authorities measured the magnitude at 7.6, while the USGS measured it at 7.5, reporting it hit at 1:24pm (10:24 GMT) four kilometres (2.5 miles) south-southeast of the town of Ekinozu in Kahramanmaras, where the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit hours earlier.
Live local media footage showed a building collapsing in the town of Malatya during the latest quake.
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Magnitude Mw 7.5
Region CENTRAL TURKEY
Date time 2023-02-06 10:24:49.6 UTC
Location 38.11 N ; 37.24 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 65 km NNE of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey / pop: 376,000 / local time: 13:24:49.6 2023-02-06
11 km SSE of Elbistan, Turkey / pop: 80,400 / local time: 13:24:49.6 2023-02-06
The total death toll from an earthquake that rocked southeast Turkey and northern Syria on Monday could reach as high as 10,000 people, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated.
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