Three dead as fresh earthquakes hit devastated Turkey-Syria border region

Three people are dead and more than 200 injured from two fresh earthquakes that jolted the Turkey-Syria border just two weeks after devastating temblors struck the region.

The two earthquakes of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitudes struck at 8.04pm local time (17:04 GMT) on Monday in Defne town in Turkey‘s southernmost Hatay province, one of the most affected areas in the country.

The 6 February earthquakes killed nearly 45,000 people in both countries and displaced millions. The worst earthquakes in Turkey since 1939 were followed by more than 6,000 aftershocks.