A new earthquake was recorded in the Turkish province of Hatay, which is located in the south of the country and borders with Syria.. This was reported on the night of February 17 by the Anadolu Agency news agency..

According to the Office of Natural Disasters and Emergency Situations (AFAD), aftershocks of magnitude 5.1 were recorded in the Mediterranean Sea at a distance of 6 km from the city of Arzus. The epicenter of the earthquake is at a depth of 9.26 kilometers.

The governor of Hatay, Rahmi Dogan, in a conversation with an Anadolu correspondent, said that they did not receive any notification of any adverse events, including damage to buildings, after the earthquake..

“Our teams continue to scan the area,” the governor said.

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Recall that the earthquake in Turkey on February 6 claimed the lives of more than 40 thousand people in Turkey itself and in neighboring Syria, where there were also strong shocks.. The UN suggests that the number of victims may exceed 50 thousand people.

Earthquakes are estimated to have caused at least $84 billion in damage to the economy. And the consequences, they say, could not be so terrible if it were not for the dominance of illegal buildings in the country - in connection with this, more than 130 people involved in the developments were detained in the country..