Rescue workers search for victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Diyarbakir, Turkey, in this video taken from AFP TV on February 6, 2023.
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According to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), a second magnitude 7.6 earthquake has struck southern Turkey within 12 hours of the first massive earthquake that has already killed hundreds of Turkish and Syrian people.
AFAD said the second earthquake occurred at 13:32 local time at a depth of 7 km and its epicenter was in the Elbistan region of Kahramanmaras province.
Earlier on Monday, an earlier powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, killing nearly 1,300 people.
This is a breaking news and will be updated soon.