A new 7.8 magnitude of earthqueake hit some areas of Turkiye including Kahramanmaras after the heavy earthquake in the morning.
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Second quake in hours hits Elbistan
Turkish authorities said the second earthquake was not an aftershock, but a fresh tremor of 7.5 magnitude
A second earthquake has struck Turkiye's just hours after the first mammoth tremor which has killed at least 1,400 people across the region.
The second quake hit the Elbistan district in Turkiye’s Kahramanmaras province, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale. This is around 80 miles north of Gaziantep, a city near to the epicentre of the first earthquake.
At least 20 aftershocks followed with the strongest measuring 6.6, Turkish authorities said, however officials said that the Elbistan earquake was “not an aftershock” and was independent from the first earthquake.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and US Geological Survey are both reporting a second quake, and said it was "not an aftershock". The EMSC said the latest earthquake struck around 100km to the north of this morning’s quake, and was followed 12 minutes later by a strong magnitude 6 aftershock. It said: “Again, it is an exceptionally difficult situation for populations. A major assistance will be required.”
It is thought at least 1,400 people have been killed by the first earthquake in south-eastern Turkey and across the border with Syria. At least 70 deaths had already been reported across Kahramanmaras ahead of the second quake.
The death toll is expected to rise further as hundreds of people are still believed to be trapped under rubble as rescue workers continue to search in cities and towns across the area.
Buildings were flattened in the Turkish city of Adana, while further east in Diyarbakir, cranes and rescue teams rushed people on stretchers out of a mountain of pancaked concrete floors that was once an apartment building.
