The Syrian American Medical Society, which runs hospitals in northern Syria, said it had treated a number of patients - including a 7-year-old boy - who suffered heart attacks brought on by fear following the new quake. In the Syrian city of Idlib, frightened residents were preparing to sleep in parks and other public places, while fuel lines formed at gas stations as people attempted to get as far as possible from any buildings that might collapse. The White Helmets said several damaged and abandoned buildings collapsed in Syria's northwest without injuring anyone. ‘My family is in there’: Endless heartbreak as Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll exceeds 41,000.Couple found alive 12 days after quake, as Turkey rescues due to end.Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake.The Syrian opposition's Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets, reported that several people were injured in Syria's rebel-held northwest after they jumped from buildings or when they wee struck by falling debris in the town of Jinderis, one of the towns worst affected by the Feb. Malaver said everyone is really scared and that "no one wants to get back into their houses." In the Turkish city of Adana, eyewitness Alejandro Malaver said people left homes for the streets, carrying blankets into their cars. HaberTurk journalists reporting from Hatay said they were jolted violently by Monday's quake and held onto to each other to avoid falling. Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since. 6 quake killed nearly 45,000 people in both countries - the vast majority of them in Turkey, where more than a million and a half people are in temporary shelters.
In Hatay, police search teams rescued one person who was trapped inside a 3-story building and were trying to reach three others inside, HaberTurk television reported. Syria's state news agency, SANA, reported that six people were injured in Aleppo from falling debris. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said at least eight people were hospitalized in Turkey. He told NTV television that these may be people who had returned to homes or were trying move their furniture out of damaged buildings. Search and rescue efforts were underway in three collapsed buildings where a total of five people were believed trapped.Ī number of buildings collapsed in the new quake, trapping people inside, Hatay's mayor Lutfu Savas said. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said three people were killed and 213 injured. It was felt in Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Israel and as far away as Egypt, and was followed by a second, magnitude 5.8 temblor. Monday's earthquake was centered in the town of Defne, in Turkey's Hatay province, one the worst-hit regions in the magnitude 7.8 quake that hit on Feb. Officials said more buildings collapsed, trapping occupants, and several people were injured in both Turkey and Syria. Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald PodcastĪNKARA, Turkey (AP) - A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Turkey that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed tens of thousands.Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills Podcast.The Resident Builder Podcast with Peter Wolfkamp.Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Podcast.Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave Podcast.Simon Barnett & James Daniels Afternoons Podcast.
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