A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Monday B次元官网网址� three weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region B次元官网网址� causing some already damaged buildings to collapse and killing at least one person, authorities said.
More than 100 others were injured as a result of the earthquake which was centered in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province, Yunus Sezer, the chief of the countryB次元官网网址檚 disaster management agency, AFAD, told reporters. More than two dozen buildings collapsed.
A father and daughter who were trapped beneath the rubble of a four-story building in Yesilyurt were rescued with injuries. The pair had entered the damaged building to collect belongings.
Elsewhere in Malatya, search-and-rescue teams were sifting through the rubble of two damaged buildings that toppled on some parked cars, HaberTurk reported. It was not clear if anyone was trapped under the debris.
Malatya was among 11 Turkish provinces hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6.
That quake led to more than 48,000 deaths in both countries as well as the collapse or serious damage of 185,000 buildings in Turkey.
AFADB次元官网网址檚 chief urged people not to enter damaged buildings saying strong aftershocks continue to pose a risk. More than 10,000 aftershocks have hit the region affected by the quake since Feb. 6.
The World Bank said Monday that it estimates that the massive earthquake caused $43.2 billion in B次元官网网址渄irect damagesB次元官网网址� - an equivalent of 4% of the countryB次元官网网址檚 GDP in 2021.
The recovery and reconstruction cost could be much higher - potentially twice as large, the World Bank said, adding that GDP losses would also add to the earthquakeB次元官网网址檚 cost.
The World Bank also estimated that 1.25 million people had been left temporarily homeless.
Meanwhile, fans of Turkish soccer team Besiktas threw stuffed toys on the field during a match on Sunday to support children affected by the earthquake. Toys and winter clothing were thrown on the stadiumB次元官网网址檚 grounds to be donated to children in the earthquake-hit regions.
