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A MAGNITUDE 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Monday, three weeks after a catastrophic tremor devastated the region.
The latest quake caused some already damaged buildings to collapse, killing at least one person.
More than 100 people were injured as a result of Monday’s quake which was centred in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province.
More than two dozen buildings collapsed.
Malatya was among 11 Turkish provinces hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6.
That quake led to more than 48,000 deaths in both countries as well as the collapse or serious damage of 185,000 buildings in Turkey.
Disaster and Emergency Management Authority chief Yunus Sezer urged people not to enter damaged buildings, saying strong aftershocks continue to pose a risk. More than 10,000 aftershocks have hit the region since the first quake struck.
The World Bank said on Monday that it estimates that the massive earthquake caused $34.2 billion (£28.2bn) in “direct damages.”
The recovery and reconstruction cost could be potentially twice as large.
It also estimated that 1.25 million people had been left temporarily homeless.
