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Added on the 20/02/2023 18:50:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show emergency responders and vehicles in Antakya immediately after a new, 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday evening. The quake hit the town of Defne at 20:04pm local time (17:04 GMT) and was strongly felt by AFP teams in Antakya and Adana, 200 kilometres (300 miles) to the north. IMAGES
Rescue workers, residents, and journalists gather in front of a collapsed building in Antakya as a new 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the southern Turkish province of Hatay and northern Syria following the 6 February tremor that killed nearly 45,000 people in both countries. IMAGES
A major 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, levelling buildings across several cities and causing damage in neighbouring Syria. The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres (11 miles), the US agency said, with a 6.7-magnitude aftershock striking 15 minutes later. IMAGES
Several people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a massive earthquake struck southern Taiwan, toppling at least one high-rise residential building, early Saturday morning, according to a BBC report.
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said, the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October. IMAGES
People and soldiers are searching through the rubble of a collapsed building in the Albanian city of Thumanë, in search of victims. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Albania early on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring hundreds. This is the most powerful earthquake recorded in the Balkan country in several decades. IMAGES