Strong earthquake hits Turkiye

21 Feb 2023 • 8:18 AM MYT
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Turkiye at 1.04am today, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.

It said in a statement that the depth of the quake which occurred 114 km kilometres southeast of Adana, Turkiye was 58 km.

However, it did not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia, the statement said.

— Bernama

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