A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Syria-Turkey border Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, two weeks after the region was devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 44,000 people.
At least three people were killed and 213 were injured in Turkey, The Associated Press reported, citing the country's interior minister, Suleyman Soylu. More than 190 people were injured in Syria, according to Syrian Civil Defense, a volunteer organization.
The earthquake was centered near the city of Uzunbağ in Turkey's far south, near Syria and the Mediterranean Sea, according to the USGS. The Turkish government also reported the earthquake on its verified Twitter account.
It was the latest of thousands of aftershocks following the initial devastation Feb. 6, demonstrating how the lethal danger from earthquakes can continue long after the few seconds of the first one.
Reuters reported that the shaking set off panic and damaged buildings in the nearby city of Antakya and that the earthquake was felt at least as far away as Egypt and Lebanon.
The earthquake struck at about 8:04 p.m. local time, the USGS said.
"I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet," Muna Al Omar, a resident of Antakya, told Reuters, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.
"Is there going to be another aftershock?" she asked.
At least eight people were hospitalized in Turkey, Vice President Fuat Oktay said, according to The Associated Press.
Electricity was out in the Turkish coastal city of Iskenderun and some buildings collapsed there, Sky News Arabia reported, citing the city's mayor.
Teams of people conducted search-and-rescue efforts to find people who might be trapped in damaged buildings including in the Hatay province, local news outlet HaberTurk reported early Tuesday morning local time.