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Aftershocks spark panic in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia

During a fairly powerful aftershock, people in Latakia, Syria, poured out of their homes and onto the streets of the coastal city in panic.

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Aftershocks spark panic in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia

During a fairly powerful aftershock, people in Latakia, Syria, poured out of their homes and onto the streets of the coastal city in panic. A dpa reporter from the site reported that a building collapsed on Thursday after the renewed tremors.

According to the National Earthquake Center, the aftershock had a magnitude of 4.7. According to the information, the epicenter was north of the city on the Mediterranean Sea. There was also another slight aftershock.

Latakia was already badly hit by the severe earthquake ten days ago. According to official figures, 140,000 people have lost their homes in the province. It is part of the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad's government, which controls around two-thirds of the civil war-torn country.

Since the devastating tremors that killed tens of thousands of people, more than 4,300 aftershocks were registered in the Turkish-Syrian border region by Thursday morning, according to the Turkish civil protection agency. The authority had warned of further “intense aftershocks” the day before.

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