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A new earthquake in Turkey and Syria caused shock and panic Fox News

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported that the new quake was felt in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Israel.

The earthquake took people by surprise

While authorities fail to report on the extent of the destruction and possible casualties and casualties, global media are broadcasting from the scene. The Syrian state news agency SANA reported that six people were injured as a result of falling debris from buildings, they were taken to a hospital in Aleppo.At the Sheraton Hotel in Adana, where several buildings collapsed in the first earthquake, families piled into elevators with their luggage to evacuate the building, according to the New York Times. A woman, sobbing, tried to reach someone on the phone. Another guest began calling family members, urging them to leave the building they were staying in. “I’m shaking. We’re all shocked,” said Asu Askit, the hotel owner’s wife, “I think I’m going to stay in my car today.” The tremors were also felt in the Aleppo region in northwestern Syria, AFP correspondents on the ground said, who saw distraught people fleeing their homes and taking to the streets. According to the agency’s photographer, parts of the damaged buildings collapsed.In Antakya, the earthquake also caused panic among the already hard-hit population and raised large clouds of dust in the devastated city. In a square in the center of Antakya, Ali Mazlum, an 18-year-old Syrian, told AFP the intensity of the earthquake. “We were with my brother looking for the bodies of our loved ones when the earthquake took us by surprise. We grabbed each other and right in front of us the walls started to crumble. It was as if the earth had opened to swallow us up.” Nearby, a backhoe loader with its lights on cleared a two-lane avenue littered with rubble. “This house just fell,” the rescuer said, pointing to the remains of the collapsed building.

People won’t go home

Turkish authorities have told residents of the quake zone not to approach damaged buildings, and the country’s national disaster management organization has warned people on Twitter (blocked in Russia) to stay away from the Mediterranean coast lest the level rise by half a metre. Serkan Topal, a Turkish MP who was in Hatay during Monday’s quake, told Halk TV: “I’m afraid there will be casualties,” without specifying whether he meant dead or injured. A new quake could compound the problem of providing shelter for survivors who are still in the area, he said. “Now we need more tents, he said. After tonight’s earthquake, no one will enter their homes. We need tents, even more tents.” The Associated Press reported that many people have left their homes and are gathering in open areas.

NATO sends container houses

NATO said a ship carrying 600 temporary containers had left Italy and was expected to arrive in Turkey next week. The North Atlantic Alliance has pledged to send over a thousand containers to provide temporary shelter for at least 4,000 people left homeless by the earthquake.Turkish authorities said more than 110,000 buildings in 11 earthquake-hit Turkish provinces had been destroyed or so badly damaged that they had to be demolished.

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