A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, just weeks after a deadly quake wreaked havoc on the region.
The tremor occurred at 20.04 local time, according to Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad (17.04 GMT).
Witnesses told Reuters that buildings in Antakya had sustained additional damage.
On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region, killing over 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
Since the earthquake, Turkish authorities have recorded over 6,000 aftershocks, but the BBC team in the region said today’s tremor felt much stronger than previous ones.
It was also felt in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon, according to witnesses.
It is currently unknown how much damage it has caused or whether any casualties have occurred.
Afad urged people to avoid coastal areas as a precaution against rising sea levels in a tweet.
Muna Al Omar, a local resident, told Reuters that the earthquake struck while she was sleeping in a tent in a park in central Antakya.
“I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,” she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son.
“Is there going to be another aftershock?” she asked.
Antakya, the capital of Turkey’s Hatay Province, was one of the places hit most severely by the earthquake on 6 February.
