Monday’s quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centered near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
An elderly man reacts after a new 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Hatay, Turkey on Feb. 20, 2023.A destroyed apartment block is seen on Feb. 20, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey.A man walks down a street amid rubble from destroyed buildings on Feb. 20, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey.Men sit and talk in front of destroyed properties in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, on Feb. 20, 2023.U.S.
President Tayyip Erdogan said construction work on nearly 200,000 apartments in 11 provinces of Turkey would begin next month.Total U.S. humanitarian assistance to support the earthquake response in Turkey and Syria has reached $185 million, the U.S. State Department said. Around 39,000 are due to deliver in the next month, and many are sheltering in camps or exposed to freezing temperatures and struggling to get food or clean water.In Syria, already shattered by more than a decade of civil war, most deaths have been in the northwest, where the United Nations said 4,525 people were killed. The area is controlled by insurgents at war with President Bashar al-Assad, complicating aid efforts.
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