DAMASCUS, Feb 17 (NNN-SANA) – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted the province of Idlib in north-western Syria last night, the Syrian National Earthquake Centre reported.
The earthquake, which struck at 10:47 p.m. local time (19:47 GMT), has a depth of 18.8 km. Its epicentre is 61 km from the city of Idlib, the capital of the namesake province.
The earthquake could be felt in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the northern province of Aleppo.
Another magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit the north-western coastal province of Latakia at 11:17 p.m. local time. With a depth of 46 km, the second quake’s epicentre is 50 km from Latakia.
Local people in the coastal province saw dust falling from walls in their buildings, and ran out to the streets in panic, witnesses said. People in many Syrian areas took to the streets after the tremors, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Northern Syria was hit hard by the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in south-eastern Türkiye on Feb 6.
The Syrian Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that, the final death toll from the earthquake that hit Syria stood at 1,414, while the number of injured people reached 2,357.
The ministry’s count of quake casualties only includes the quake-hit areas under government control.
Meanwhile, the latest statistics from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights showed that, the quake killed about 7,000 people in Syria’s government- and rebel-held areas.– NNN-SANA
