Earthquake rattles Egypt, Turkish provinces

• The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.87.
• The quake shook the nearby Turkish provinces of Mugla, Izmir, and Antalya.
• No immediate reports of damage or injuries.

CAIRO: According to Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.87 struck the Eastern Mediterranean region on Wednesday.

The earthquake had “no significant impact on Egypt,” according to the institute’s head, Gad Al Qady.

Meanwhile, the Athens Geodynamic Institute reported that a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Wednesday off the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes. There were no reports of damage or injuries at the time.

The quake shook the nearby Turkish provinces of Mugla, Izmir, and Antalya, and was felt as far away as Cairo, Egypt. The preliminary magnitude was 5.4, according to Turkey’s AFAD emergency management agency, and it is common for different seismological institutes to record variations in magnitude in the first hours after an earthquake.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in Egypt or Turkey, though the earthquake caused panic in Mugla province, with residents fleeing buildings, according to Haber Turk television.

At 2:37 p.m., an undersea earthquake struck. The epicenter was nearly 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Athens and 58 kilometers southeast of the Rhodes town of Lindos, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute.

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