Türkiye says institutions coordinating, damage being assessed after fresh Hatay quakes

By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) - All state institutions are working in full coordination after two earthquakes jolted Türkiye’s southernmost Hatay province on Monday, according to the country’s Communications Directorate.

“Our state continues to coordinate with all its institutions, particularly Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, due to the 6.4 and 5.8-magnitude earthquakes that have hit Hatay,” the authority said on Twitter.

“Works on the damage caused by the earthquake are diligently carried out,” it added.

The directorate urged “citizens to be aware of and sensitive to manipulative content and to follow only official sources.”

According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), the first quake took place at around 8.04 p.m. local time (1704GMT) in the Defne district of Hatay, with a magnitude of 6.4, while the other took place three minutes later, with the epicenter in Hatay’s Samandag district and a magnitude of 5.8.

The tremors come just two weeks after the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes centered in Kahramanmaras.

The deadly quakes struck 10 other provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Elazig.

More than 13 million people have been affected by the disaster, with the death toll now above 41,000, according to the latest official figures.​​​​