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Türkiye earthquake: Two weeks after a deadly earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, another one strikes — as it happened

It's been two weeks since a deadly earthquake struck the border of Türkiye and Syria, and now another one has caused buildings to collapse, with hundreds of people injured. 

Look back on our live blog as it happened.

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By Shiloh Payne

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Amount of destruction ‘unbelievable’

By Shiloh Payne

Grant Rice, a team leader in Australia’s disaster response team, spoke on RN this morning.

He says he had never seen devastation like what he and his team have encountered in the earthquake-stricken regions.

"I can't compare it to anything because the amount of destruction throughout the city where we are at the moment is unbelievable," he says.

" It looks a little bit like a movie set.

"You've got buildings that are leaning against other buildings, cracks in buildings, you've got buildings that are just a rubble pile. You've got buildings that are across streets, you've got buildings that have fallen across whole blocks."

The community has been very appreciative of the work by the team, Mr Rice says.

"We're doing our best wherever we can, and hopefully we've improved just that little bit for the for the local people to help them whilst we have been in the country," he says.

Rescue efforts hindered by winter conditions

By Shiloh Payne

Winter conditions, often in the negative temperatures, have made the rescue efforts more challenging than usual, but Grant Rice, Grant Rice, a team leader in Australia’s disaster response team, says his team is a "little bit spoiled".

"The people that were displaced — that's who you've got to really think about," he says.

"We're sleeping in tents, we have some good equipment.

"If it's cold we just have to get through it. We are doing a lot better than the local people are."

The team even has a small desalination kit if it needs.

"We've got hygiene kits, we've got toiletries and facilities, hygiene facilities, our tents and so forth, our food is all brought in," Mr Rice said.

"For the amount of time where in the country, we do not have to accept anything from the country, as in that is all for the locals to be using."

New earthquake traumatic for locals

By Shiloh Payne

The team leader of Australia's disaster response team in Türkiye says another quake overnight would have been traumatic for locals still trying to recover from the series of earthquakes that struck two weeks ago.

The latest magnitude-6.4 earthquake in the country's south has claimed at least three lives.

Grant Rice says most of the buildings in the region are now empty.

"Your first thoughts did go out to the locals again," he said.

"Hopefully, there was no one in buildings or anything like that, because most of them are empty at this stage."

Mr Rice and his team are set to depart Turkiye on Wednesday.

War against natural disaster': Rescue manager describes tough conditions in Türkiye

By Shiloh Payne

Aykut Sengul who is leading a rescue team of civilian volunteers in southern Türkiye says people are giving up sleep to help with rescue efforts.

'War against natural disaster': Rescue manager describes tough conditions in Türkiye

'Not a nice place to be in with that tragedy'

By Shiloh Payne

Key Event

Grant Rice, a team leader in Australia's disaster response team told RN the Australian search and rescue team he has been leading was assisting with rescue coordination with other international response groups.

"We do everything from search and rescue to humanitarian work, and we will do whatever they want us to do," he says.

His team hasn't found any survivors but has been a crucial part of recovering bodies.

"We haven't gotten anyone alive out of out of any predicaments, but we have helped with a lot of people repatriate their loved ones back to their family members and things like that," he says.

" It's not a nice place to be in with that tragedy that it is but we're doing everything we can to help."

Destroyed buildings, monuments will be rebuilt, Turkish leader says

By Shiloh Payne

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Hatay earlier on Monday, saying his government would begin constructing close to 200,000 new homes in the quake-devastated region as early as next month.

Mr Erdoğan says the new buildings will be no taller than three or four stories, built on firmer ground and to higher standards and in consultation with "geophysics, geotechnical, geology and seismology professors" and other experts.

The Turkish leader says destroyed cultural monuments would be rebuilt in accordance with their "historic and cultural texture."

Mr Erdoğan said around 1.6 million people are currently being housed in temporary shelters.

'Good hearts' shine through as South Australia's Turkish community unites in wake of earthquake

By Shiloh Payne

Far from the devastation, destruction, and heartache of the earthquake which has shaken Türkiye and Syria to its core, grief and love is encouraging people on the other side of the world to help.

At her home in South Australia's Riverland region, Fatma Koç answers a call, switching between English and her Turkish mother tongue. 

Ms Koç works as an interpreter for Centrelink, a role she has held since 1989.

A fellow Turkish resident is on the other end of the line, looking for any potential way to support their family hit by the crisis back home.

"The government has supported [the Turkish people] by sending rescue officers and funds, which we really appreciate," Ms Koç said.

As an active member of the Renmark Turkish Islamic community, Ms Koç has felt a deep sense of grief and shock since the earthquake hit.

You can continue reading this story from Anita Ward below.

Communities stricken with fear

By Shiloh Payne

In the Turkish city of Adana, eyewitness Alejandro Malaver said people left homes for the streets, carrying blankets into their cars.

Mr Malaver says everyone is really scared and "no one wants to get back into their houses."

(Reuters Clodagh Kilcoyne)

Mehmet Salhaoglullari, from a village near Samandag, says he was eating at a restaurant when the building began to shake.

"We all threw ourselves outside and we continued to shake outside," he says.

(Reuters:Clodagh Kilcoyne)

In the Syrian city of Idlib, frightened residents prepared to sleep in parks and other public places, while fuel lines formed at gas stations as people attempted to get as far as possible from any buildings that might collapse.

The Syrian American Medical Society, which runs hospitals in northern Syria, said it had treated a number of patients — including a 7-year-old boy — who the Associated Press reports suffered heart attacks brought on by fear following the new quake.

Moment the quake struck captured on CCTV

By Shiloh Payne

Key Event

Dashcam footage and CCTV captured the moment when the magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Hatay, Türkiye.

The moment when another earthquake struck Hatay, Türkiye

Many in Samandag had already fled

By Shiloh Payne

In Türkiye’s Samandag, where the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority AFAD reported one person dead, residents say more buildings collapsed but most of the town had already fled after the initial earthquakes.

Reuters reports mounds of debris and discarded furniture lined the dark, abandoned streets.

Muna Al Omar said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the ground started heaving again.

"I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.

Pregnant women urgently seeking access to health services after quake

By Shiloh Payne

Among the survivors of the earthquakes are about 356,000 pregnant women who urgently need access to health services, according to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency.

They include 226,000 women in Türkiye and 130,000 in Syria, about 38,800 of whom will deliver in the next month.

Many of them are sheltering in camps or exposed to freezing temperatures and struggling to get food or clean water.

US humanitarian support has reached $US185 million

By Shiloh Payne

Hours before the quake, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Türkiye that Washington would help "for as long as it takes".

Total US humanitarian assistance to support the earthquake response in Türkiye and Syria has reached $US185 million ($267 million), the US State Department says.

Blinken has taken a helicopter tour of one of the worst-affected provinces. (AP: Burhan Ozbilici)

Residents are displaced after the quake

By Shiloh Payne

Families have piled onto the streets after the earthquake damaged buildings in Türkiye.

Türkiye shaken by more earthquake strikes

People are sleeping in their cars after buildings were damaged

By Shiloh Payne

Key Event

Here’s a report from Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn in Türkiye:

We’ve just been at a building in Adana where several balconies have collapsed, threatening to bring the whole building down.

People from around there are now sleeping in their cars.

We’ve seen them carrying blankets and pillows up the streets, the anxiety on their faces, not know when, or if they’ll ever be allowed safely back into their homes.

People have laid blankets on the ground and are sitting around in small circles, around fires, to keep warm.

The quake struck at a depth of 2km, the EMSC says

By Shiloh Payne

Uniformed soldiers rushed to the scene after the first shock of the quake, checking rubble and damaged buildings that were still standing after the disaster two weeks ago.

This quake struck at a depth of just 2 km, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) says, potentially magnifying its impact at ground level.

Local reporters captured the moment on air.

"It trembles. It still continues. We could barely stand up," one reporter says.

Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since the initial quake

By Shiloh Payne

Since the initial earthquake struck on February 6, more than 40,000 people have been confirmed dead across Türkiye and Syria.

More than a million and a half people are in temporary shelters.

Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since.

In this most recent quake, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu says three people have been killed and 213 injured.

This is what it's like in Türkiye

By Shiloh Payne

Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn is in Adana, Türkiye to describe the scenes for us:

Southern Türkiye rocked by magnitude-6.4 earthquake.

Magnitude-6.4 earthquake strikes Türkiye-Syria border region

By Shiloh Payne

A new 6.4-magnitude earthquake has killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Türkiye and Syria.

Parts of the region were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed tens of thousands.

Officials say more buildings have collapsed, trapping occupants, and injuring hundreds across the two bordering countries.

Monday's earthquake was centred in the town of Defne, in Turkey's Hatay province, one the worst-hit regions in the magnitude-7.8 quake that hit on February 6.

 It was felt in Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Israel and as far away as Egypt, and was followed by a second, magnitude-5.8 earthquake.

We'll take you through the latest updates here.

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