6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkish-Syrian border

20 February 2023, 21:58 | Peace 
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 at a depth of ten kilometers struck on Monday near the Turkish-Syrian border, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said..

More destruction reported in Hatay province. There was an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8.

Recall that after the February 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the number of victims increased to 40.6 thousand.. 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..

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