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TOPSHOT - Local residents walk in the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Hatay, on February 10, 2023, after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed over 11.200 people. - Searchers were still pulling survivors on February 8 from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed. For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake, thousands of searchers have worked in freezing temperatures to find those still alive under flattened buildings on either side of the border. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
ANKARA-- An earthquake measuring 5.9 degrees on the Richter scale struck Turkiye's southern Malatya province early Wednesday, according to the country's disaster and emergency authority (AFAD).
The quake, which took place at 10:46 am (local time), was at a depth of 10.07 km below the earth, the AFAD said in a press release on its website.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, Chief of Malatya Municipality Sami Er said in a press statement.
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