Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor struck at 20:04 local time (17:04 GMT), followed by dozens of aftershocks.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the same region on February 6, killing more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said the dead from Monday’s tremors were found in Antakya, Defne and Samandagi, urging people not to enter dangerous buildings.
Mr. Soylu said 213 people were injured in Turkey.
Witnesses told Reuters news agency that there was further damage to buildings in Antakya, while the mayor of Hatay in southern Turkey said people were trapped under the rubble.
“I felt the earth break under my feet,” local resident Muna al-Omar told Reuters, holding her seven-year-old son and crying. He said he was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the latest earthquake struck.
Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since the February 6 earthquake, but the BBC’s team in the region said the latest tremor was stronger than previous tremors.
Mr. Soylu said 213 people were injured in Turkey.
Witnesses told Reuters news agency that there was further damage to buildings in Antakya, while the mayor of Hatay in southern Turkey said people were trapped under the rubble.
“I felt the earth break under my feet,” local resident Muna al-Omar told Reuters, holding her seven-year-old son and crying. He said he was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the latest earthquake struck.
Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since the February 6 earthquake, but the BBC’s team in the region said the latest tremor was stronger than previous tremors.
