Turkey suffered another strong earthquake on Monday afternoon (6/2). Earlier in the day, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the central part of the country, killing about 1,700 people in Turkey and Syria.
The European-Mediterranean Seismic Center reported two new tremors, sending shockwaves over central Turkey around 13:30 p.m. local time. The first, which had a magnitude of 7.5, had an epicenter about 65km northeast of the city of Kahramanmaras, which was also the area hit hard by the first quake earlier this morning.
The second, with a magnitude of 5.8, had an epicenter 55km northwest of the city of Adiyaman.
An official with Turkey's Emergency Response Agency said the magnitude 7.5 quake was "not an aftershock" but a separate earthquake.
The extent of the damage from the second quake is unknown. However, according to Reuters, the quake also affected a large area, and could put rescuers in danger.
The early morning earthquake of February 6 had its epicenter in Turkey's Kahramanmaras province, and hit hard in the provinces of Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay and Kilis.
The death toll in the country was 1,014, with about 5,388 injured. The number of casualties is expected to rise as search and rescue work is still underway. 2,818 buildings collapsed.
In neighboring Syria, the areas of Northern Aleppo, Hama, Latakia and Tartus were hardest hit.
The country's health agency said about 430 people were killed and more than 1,000 others injured in government-controlled areas. In the rebel-held northwest, a U.N. spokesman said 255 people had been killed.
The European-Mediterranean Seismic Center reported two new tremors, sending shockwaves over central Turkey around 13:30 p.m. local time. The first, which had a magnitude of 7.5, had an epicenter about 65km northeast of the city of Kahramanmaras, which was also the area hit hard by the first quake earlier this morning.
The second, with a magnitude of 5.8, had an epicenter 55km northwest of the city of Adiyaman.
An official with Turkey's Emergency Response Agency said the magnitude 7.5 quake was "not an aftershock" but a separate earthquake.
The extent of the damage from the second quake is unknown. However, according to Reuters, the quake also affected a large area, and could put rescuers in danger.
The early morning earthquake of February 6 had its epicenter in Turkey's Kahramanmaras province, and hit hard in the provinces of Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay and Kilis.
The death toll in the country was 1,014, with about 5,388 injured. The number of casualties is expected to rise as search and rescue work is still underway. 2,818 buildings collapsed.
In neighboring Syria, the areas of Northern Aleppo, Hama, Latakia and Tartus were hardest hit.
The country's health agency said about 430 people were killed and more than 1,000 others injured in government-controlled areas. In the rebel-held northwest, a U.N. spokesman said 255 people had been killed.