Six people lost their lives from the new earthquake that hit its border area yesterday Monday Turkey and her Syriaas reported by CNN Türk, two weeks after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that claimed the lives of at least 47,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and other buildings.

The new vibration, estimated at magnitude 6.4, was centered near the city of Antakya (Antioch); it was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. Its focal depth was estimated to be 10 kilometers by the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

CNN Turk broadcast footage showing a rescue team trying to use a ladder to enter a building where people were trapped. He explained that the earthquake occurred as people had entered their homes, which were damaged in the great earthquake of February 6, to find some of their belongings.

According to the Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, another 294 people were injured due to the new earthquake, 18 of them seriously; they were taken to hospitals in Adana and Dortiol.

Patients were evacuated from some health facilities that remained in operation after the Feb. 6 earthquake because the new quake caused cracks, Mr. Kotza announced on Twitter.

In Samadag, where the Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said one person died in yesterday’s quake, residents reported other buildings collapsed, but most residents fled their homes after the main quake. Mountains of debris and discarded furniture litter the dark, empty streets.

One resident said she was inside a tent in a park in downtown Antioch when the ground started shaking again.

“I thought the earth would open up under my feet,” she declared yesterday with her seven-year-old son in her arms, unable to hold back her tears.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pledged earlier yesterday during his visit to Turkey that Washington would provide assistance “for as long as it takes” as search and rescue operations gradually wind down and authorities’ attention shifts to housing earthquake victims and rebuilding. . According to the State Department, the US humanitarian aid that has been offered to Turkey has reached 185 million dollars.

According to the latest AFAD data, released yesterday, the death toll from the February 6 earthquake has reached 41,156 dead and fears are raised that it will rise even further: 385,000 apartments and houses were destroyed or severely damaged and many civilians are still being ignored.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised yesterday that work to build about 200,000 apartments in 11 earthquake-hit provinces would start next month.

Among the people who survived are some 356,000 pregnant women, who urgently need access to health services, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in charge of sexual and reproductive health, said.

The figure includes 226,000 women in Turkey and another 130,000 in Syria, some 38,800 of whom are expected to give birth next month. Many of them are in camps, exposed to the cold, while they struggle to secure food and clean water.

In Syria, a country already faced with massive destruction due to the war that broke out in 2011, most deaths were recorded in the northwestern part of the country, reaching 4,525, according to United Nations data. The region is largely controlled by rebels and jihadists fighting against President Bashar al-Assad’s army, complicating relief efforts.

According to Damascus, another 1,414 people were killed in government-held areas.

The non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced yesterday that a convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria from Turkey to assist in search and rescue operations.

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is pressuring Damascus to allow more humanitarian aid to reach rebel-held areas from the government. As of yesterday morning, 197 UN trucks with humanitarian aid had arrived in Syria through two border crossings, a representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.