By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER
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ISTANBUL (AP) \u2014 Survivors of the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria<\/a> 15 days ago, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless<\/a>, dealt with more trauma and loss Tuesday after another deadly quake and aftershocks rocked the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 6.4 magnitude earthquake<\/a> that struck Monday evening had its epicenter in the Defne district of Turkey\u2019s Hatay province, which was of the area\u2019s worst affected by the Feb. 6 magnitude 7.8 quake that killed nearly 46,000 people in the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkey\u2019s disaster management authority, AFAD, said the new quake killed six people and injured 294 others, including 18 who were in critical condition. In Syria, a woman and a girl died as a result of panic during the earthquake in the provinces of Hama and Tartus, pro-government media said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday\u2019s quake was felt in Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Egypt. A magnitude 5.8 quake followed, along with dozens of aftershocks. The White Helmets, northwest Syria\u2019s civil defense organization, said about 190 people suffered injuries in rebel-held areas and that several flimsy buildings collapsed but there were no reports of anyone trapped under the debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Turkey, teacher Zuher Capar, 42, said he was mourning the loss of relatives in the original earthquake and having a meal with his aunt and uncle near the Hatay town of Samandag when they felt Monday\u2019s temblor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt shook a little, then it grew strong,\u201d he said. \u201cThe electricity went and there were screams everywhere. There were small children in the house. They were screaming, my aunt was crying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Feb. 6, Capar rushed to try to help his cousin, the cousin\u2019s wife and the couple\u2019s small children out of the rubble of their collapsed home, but they did not survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe had barely overcome the sadness (from the first earthquake),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While his large family\u2019s home withstood the quake earlier in the month, it was damaged on Monday. Capar said they are too frightened to sleep there and plan to stay in a large tent<\/a> and cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are trying to stay strong but it is a terrifying process. The cities we knew, the memories we had, have been destroyed,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we go in the streets, there is only rubble and heavy machinery. It\u2019s like a horror movie scene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkish officials warned residents not to go into the remains of their homes, but people have done so to retrieve what they can. Three of the people killed Monday were inside a damaged four-story building when the new quake hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aftershocks and the instability of the structure complicated the rescue effort, and it took several hours for search crews to find the bodies, Turkish news agency DHA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Tahsin Cinar, an anesthesiologist using vacation time to help provide medical care in Hatay as a representative of the Turkish Medical Association, said earthquake survivors need serious help with their mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey feel so alone, so deserted and very anxious. Even a small tremor leads to a big anxious reaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cinar and other volunteers initially provided emergency care for people with physical injuries. Now, they are seeing more signs of psychological trauma, depression and the stress that comes with a lack of safe housing, winter weather and a pause in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is nearly nothing to create social well-being,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The U.N.\u2019s World Food Program said Monday\u2019s quake frightened employees who were distributing food to hundreds of thousands of people in northwest Syria and Turkey. The employees are sleeping in their cars in freezing temperatures while still trying to do their jobs, the program said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kamal Abuhassan\u2019s small house in Jinderis, Syria, was damaged in the the first earthquake, but after a few days, he and his family returned. They ran out when Monday\u2019s quake hit; the dwelling is now partially collapsed into piles of rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur house is ruined, but at least our kids are OK,\u201c Abuhassan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has set up a tent just outside the house, too afraid to go back inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe just don\u2019t know when the next earthquake is going to happen. Where else are we supposed to go other than tents?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n