Ammon News - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck the Turkey-Syria border region, killing three people and injuring 213, the Turkish disaster response agency AFAD said.

It said the earthquake, at a depth of 7.7km, was centred on the town of Defne, in Hatay province.

It comes after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that hit Turkey two weeks ago, killing nearly 45,000 people in southern Turkey and north-west Syria.

Thousands of buildings have been destroyed and Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since.

In north-west Syria, the White Helmets rescue organisation said “walls and balconies of houses collapsed in several areas”.

“Several civilians injured from falling building debris, stampedes, and jumping from high areas. Additionally, in Jindires, north of Aleppo two uninhabited buildings and the minaret of a mosque collapsed,” it added.

Monday night's earthquake is believed to have originated close to Antakya, the Turkish city that was levelled after the quake two weeks ago. It was also felt in Syria, Egypt, Israel and Lebanon.

The disaster management agency said on Twitter that another 5.8-magnitude tremor followed three minutes later and its epicentre was Samandag district in Hatay.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Hatay earlier on Monday, and said his government would begin constructing close to 200,000 new homes in the quake-devastated region as early as next month.