Subsequently, a new earthquake of magnitude 7.5 was recorded in central Turkey. Its epicenter has been located 11 km from the city of Elbistan, in the province of Kahramanmaras.
A boy from the Syrian city of Idlib was trapped under concrete slabs on the upper floors of a building destroyed by the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday.
In images circulating on social networks, you can see the moment when the little boy hangs with half of his body in the air screaming in pain, while the other part is trapped in the rubble. A man speaks to him, apparently reassuring him until help arrives.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Ministry of Health, quoted by the SANA agency, announced that the death toll in the governorates of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Tartus rose to 403. In addition, it noted that around 1,284 injuries have been registered.
In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the 7.8-magnitude quake that struck the southern part of his country early Monday the strongest since 1939.
Subsequently, a new earthquake of magnitude 7.5 was recorded in central Turkey. Its epicenter has been located 11 km from the city of Elbistan, in the province of Kahramanmaras.
As a consequence, tremors were felt in several Syrian provinces, such as Damascus and Latakia. The earthquake has also been noted in Iraq, Israel, Armenia and Georgia. Tremors of magnitude 3 were felt in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan.
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Source: RT
