New aftershock felt in Lebanon as minor damage reported from earthquake

Residents in Lebanon on Monday felt a new 7.5-magnitude earthquake that jolted quake-hit Turkey.

The new tremor lasted for a few seconds in Lebanon, unlike the powerful overnight quake that lasted for 40 seconds and sent panicked residents onto the streets. The source of that tremor was a devastating and deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southeast Turkey and northern Syria.

The overnight quake destroyed the house of the citizen Abu Assli al-Haddad in the Rashaya town of Ain Ata, causing no casualties, the National News Agency said.

TV networks also said that a cracked building has been evacuated in the southern city of Sidon and that a wall has collapsed in the Bourj Hammoud area.

The quake also caused cracks in the Jumblat roundabout in Tyre.