Second Mega Earthquake Hits Turkey

Turkey has been hit by a second earthquake on Monday, leaving many dead while others sustained varying injuries.

This is coming hours after an earlier quake killed more than 1,400 people in the region and injured thousands more.

The second quake hit at 1:24 pm (1024 GMT), two-and-a-half miles south-southeast of the town of Ekinozu and around 60 miles north of the first quake that has wrought devastation across Turkey and Syria, and as rescue workers continued their efforts.

Monday morning’s 7.8 magnitude quake jolted residents awake.

They fled from their homes in terror into the cold, rainy and snowy night across southeast Turkey and northern Syria, taking shelter in cars from a wave of at least 40 aftershocks and collapsing buildings.

Tremors from the deadly quake – which lasted about a minute and could be Turkey’s largest ever – were felt as far away as Egypt, Lebanon and the island of Cyprus, while a tsunami warning was briefly issued by authorities in Italy along the country’s coast.

Concerns grew for people trapped under the rubble as thousands of rescue workers jumped into action, searching through tangles of metal and giant piles of concrete for survivors who could be heard calling out from underneath the wreckage.