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A view of a collapsed building on a car at the historical Antakya district in Hatay, Turkiye on February 22, 2023. On Feb. 06, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, and Elazig. Later, at 1.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. Two earthquakes jolted Turkiye's southernmost Hatay province on Monday, just two weeks after major quakes hit the region. According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), one of the quakes took place at around 20.04 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 province, with a magnitude of 5.8. (Photo by Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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