A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Türkiye, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Thursday. The EMSC in its statement revealed that the depth of the quake was recorded at 10 km. Last year, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Turkey’s ’s southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000 dead in the country, the disaster response agency AFAD said.

 

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