At least one person died and several dozen were injured This Monday after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Eastern Turkey, reported the public disaster management service.

The epicenter of the quake was in ethe Yesilyurt District, in Malatya province, already hit by a violent earthquake on February 6 that left more than 44,000 dead in Turkey and thousands in neighboring Syria.

“A civilian lost his life. 69 were injuredYunus Sezer, head of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), reported on television.

Several buildings that were already damaged by the earthquake in early February collapsed on Monday new replicasaid the AFAD.

The mayor of the city of Yesilyurt told Habertürk television that a father and his daughter, who had returned home to collect some personal belongings, were among the rubble of a collapsed building.

Turkish authorities They have opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of thousands of buildings which caused tens of thousands of deaths and left millions homeless.

The AFAD registered nearly 10,000 aftershocks after the quake on February 6. According to the local press, some 173,000 buildings were damaged by the shock.