It happened two weeks after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history left tens of thousands dead.
buildings two weeks after the country’s worst earthquake in modern history left tens of thousands dead.
Reuters saw Turkish rescue teams running around on foot after the latest quake to check on residents, most of whom were living in temporary tents after the tremors two weeks ago. “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.The two larger earthquakes that hit on February 6, which also rocked neighboring Syria, left more than a million homeless and killed far more than the latest official tally of 46,000 people in both countries.Smaller tremors have jolted the region in the last two weeks but the Monday quake was the largest since Feb. 6.
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