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Earthquake with 5.9 magnitude shakes eastern Turkey, AFAD says

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck eastern Turkey’s Malatya province on Wednesday, the country’s disaster and emergency authority AFAD said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake had a 6.1 magnitude and was at a depth of 9 km (5.6 miles) below the earth.

(Reporting by Daren Butler in Istanbul and Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Sharon Singleton)

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