Magnitude 6.4 earthquake off the coast of Cyprus

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Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) has announced that a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Mediterranean Sea off the southwest coast of Cyprus today (January 11).

The quake took place at 04:07 a.m. local time about 215 kilometers (134 miles) off Turkey's Mersin province, according to the AFAD. It occurred at a depth of 5.06 kilometers (3.14 miles) below the surface.

The Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute affiliated with Turkey's Boğaziçi University has announced the magnitude of the earthquake as 6.1 and its depth as 36.3 kilometers.

Several social media users have commented that the earthquake was particularly felt in Cyprus island as well as in Turkey's provinces of Antalya, Mersin, Hatay, Adana, Isparta, Burdur and Konya.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to a statement released by Ersin Tatar, the President of Northern Cyprus, in reference to the information received from the Civil Defense Presidency. (TP/SD)