6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes northwest Turkey

(ANSA) - ROME, NOVEMBER 23 - A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 was recorded at 4:08 local time (2:08 in Italy) in northwestern Turkey.

    According to data from the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv) and the US geological monitoring service Usgs, the earthquake had a hypocenter less than 10 kilometers deep and an epicenter 15 km from Duzce (about 230 km from Istanbul and 240 from Ankara ).

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