Antakya: Two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed more than 47,000 people, another tremor hit the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale occurred on Monday. The quake was felt near the southern Turkish city of Antakya in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Center said the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said three people were killed and more than 200 injured in the latest tremors.
Many people who were affected by the earthquake in Turkey two weeks ago are still missing. President Tayyip Erdogan said construction work on nearly 200,000 apartments in Turkey’s 11 earthquake-hit provinces will begin next month.
US funding to support earthquake response in Turkey and Syria has reached $185 million, the US State Department announced.
