There are reports of more collapsed buildings in Türkiye and Syria after another earthquake hit the region, which was devastated by a massive tremor two weeks ago.

Key points:

• Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said at least eight people were hospitalised
• NTV television said the quake caused some damaged buildings to collapse, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties
• The quake was also felt in Syria, Jordan, Israel and Egypt

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has said three people were killed and 213 injured.

Search and rescue efforts were underway in three collapsed buildings, where a total of five people were believed trapped.

Türkiye's disaster management agency, AFAD, said the latest magnitude-6.4 quake was centred around the town of Defne.

It was followed by a second, magnitude-5.8 tremor.

The quake was felt in Syria, Jordan, Israel and Egypt. The magnitude-7.8 earthquake which struck on February 6 has killed nearly 45,000 people in Türkiye and Syria. Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since.

In Hatay, police search teams rescued one person who was trapped inside a three-story building and were trying to reach three others inside, HaberTurk television reported.

HaberTurk journalists reporting from Hatay said they were jolted violently by Monday's quake and held onto each other to avoid falling.

'40 seconds of sheer terror'

ABC reporter Allyson Horn was in her hotel room in Adana, Türkiye, when the quake struck.

"I could feel the building shaking violently and swaying from side to side," she said.

She threw herself under a desk.

"Outside my room, people were running down the corridor trying to get to the stairwell, to escape the building," she said.

"Then the power went out.

"All I could hear was people outside crying and screaming.

"It was 40 seconds of sheer terror."

There are confronting scenes outside.

"We've just been at a building in Adana where several balconies have collapsed, threatening to bring the whole building down.

"People from around there are now sleeping in their cars. 

"We’ve seen them carrying blankets and pillows up the streets, the anxiety on their faces, not know when, or if they’ll ever be allowed safely back into their homes. 

"People have laid blankets on the ground and are sitting around in small circles, around fires, to keep warm."