Istanbul, 20 February 2023 (dpa/MIA) - Eight people have been injured after new quakes in southern Turkey, just two weeks after two devastating earthquakes hit the region.

People in Hatay panicked and there were blackouts in the region, according to broadcaster CNN Türk.

Hatay mayor Lütfü Savas warned that the quake was ongoing and warned people to stay away from buildings that could collapse, in a tweet.

There have been 20 aftershocks so far, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Monday evening.

A previously issued tsunami warning was standard procedure, he said, and the warning would now be lifted.

According to the Turkish disaster authorities AFAD, two quakes with magnitudes of 6.4 and 5.8 shook the province of Hatay in the evening, three minutes apart.

The first quake was not an aftershock of the big earthquakes from a fortnight ago, but new tremors, Oktay said.