Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes southern Turkey, 2 weeks after massive quake killed thousands

A magnitude 6.3 aftershock struck southern Turkey on Monday injuring eight people, according to an official, two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria.

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told a press conference Monday that eight people were injured following the aftershock, adding that a tsunami warning has been removed.

“We have eight injured people brought to our hospitals,” he said as he asked the public “not to enter the damaged buildings, especially to take their belongings.”

The quake struck Turkey’s southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said Monday.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) initially reported the quake as being of magnitude 6.4 at a depth of 10 kilometers before revising it down to 6.3 magnitude.

Transcript
0:00 · the earthquakes in Turkey as we've
0:02 · reported for days now destroyed city
0:05 · after City and have claimed and changed
0:08 · thousands of lives they've changed
0:09 · Landscapes though too a ravine the width
0:12 · of a football pitch has opened up
0:14 · outside the city of antacia cracking
0:16 · asunder a landscape rich with olive
0:19 · Groves as John has discovered
0:23 · since the earthquake struck Southern
0:25 · turkey in the early hours of Monday
0:27 · morning last week most of the focus
0:29 · obviously has been on the consequences
0:32 · for human beings far less attention has
0:35 · been on the consequences for the Earth
0:38 · itself but here in the Farmland outside
0:40 · antakia there is a very good example of
0:43 · that this is the world's newest Valley
0:49 · during that awful night as they cowered
0:52 · in their homes the locals knew that
0:55 · something cataclysmic had happened but
0:58 · imagine their surprise when they first
1:00 · saw this Chasm
1:03 · we went to the bottom of it for the
1:05 · perspective from down there but actually
1:07 · the best way to illustrate what we're
1:10 · talking about here is from above
1:15 · [Music]
1:18 · the local people said that at the time
1:20 · they thought it was an air raid the
1:22 · sound of explosions created by cracking
1:25 · Rock the flashes by the Sparks that flew
1:29 · as the Earth's crust was torn apart
1:39 · it used to be a flat field I would ride
1:43 · my motorbike on it said this boy
1:47 · it was all an Olive Grove which is now
1:50 · bisected by a Gorge that in places is
1:53 · the width of a football field the rift
1:56 · is so deep that a 13-story building
1:59 · could fit in it
2:03 · this boy said that just after first
2:05 · light that morning they came out here
2:07 · and found this they were terrified and
2:11 · started crying
2:13 · we thought we had witnessed something
2:15 · that's out of this world
2:19 · eventually the cities and towns will be
2:22 · clear of rubble but this rupture shaky
2:25 · Grant permitting will endure as a
2:29 · reminder of the power of the Quake the
2:32 · power of 7.8
2:35 · John Irvine News at 10 southern turkey

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Transcript
0:00	·	the earthquakes in Turkey as we've
0:02	·	reported for days now destroyed city
0:05	·	after City and have claimed and changed
0:08	·	thousands of lives they've changed
0:09	·	Landscapes though too a ravine the width
0:12	·	of a football pitch has opened up
0:14	·	outside the city of antacia cracking
0:16	·	asunder a landscape rich with olive
0:19	·	Groves as John has discovered
0:23	·	since the earthquake struck Southern
0:25	·	turkey in the early hours of Monday
0:27	·	morning last week most of the focus
0:29	·	obviously has been on the consequences
0:32	·	for human beings far less attention has
0:35	·	been on the consequences for the Earth
0:38	·	itself but here in the Farmland outside
0:40	·	antakia there is a very good example of
0:43	·	that this is the world's newest Valley
0:49	·	during that awful night as they cowered
0:52	·	in their homes the locals knew that
0:55	·	something cataclysmic had happened but
0:58	·	imagine their surprise when they first
1:00	·	saw this Chasm
1:03	·	we went to the bottom of it for the
1:05	·	perspective from down there but actually
1:07	·	the best way to illustrate what we're
1:10	·	talking about here is from above
1:15	·	[Music]
1:18	·	the local people said that at the time
1:20	·	they thought it was an air raid the
1:22	·	sound of explosions created by cracking
1:25	·	Rock the flashes by the Sparks that flew
1:29	·	as the Earth's crust was torn apart
1:39	·	it used to be a flat field I would ride
1:43	·	my motorbike on it said this boy
1:47	·	it was all an Olive Grove which is now
1:50	·	bisected by a Gorge that in places is
1:53	·	the width of a football field the rift
1:56	·	is so deep that a 13-story building
1:59	·	could fit in it
2:03	·	this boy said that just after first
2:05	·	light that morning they came out here
2:07	·	and found this they were terrified and
2:11	·	started crying
2:13	·	we thought we had witnessed something
2:15	·	that's out of this world
2:19	·	eventually the cities and towns will be
2:22	·	clear of rubble but this rupture shaky
2:25	·	Grant permitting will endure as a
2:29	·	reminder of the power of the Quake the
2:32	·	power of 7.8
2:35	·	John Irvine News at 10 southern turkey