Cyprus shaken by 4.8 magnitude earthquake, KNEWS

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10 AUGUST 2023 - 17:47

On Thursday afternoon (10/08), a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in Cyprus. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the earthquake's epicenter was located in the sea region between Turkey and Cyprus.

Do you have an #earthquake prediction? The Collaboratory for the Study of #Earthquake Predictability(https://t.co/uC4smjgLL7) accepts predictions & evaluates them. Careful though: saying you did predict after the #earthquake happens means nothing pic.twitter.com/6W0pGZIiRN
— EMSC (@LastQuake) August 10, 2023

Update: #Earthquake (#deprem) M4.8 occurred 108 km SW of #Alanya (#Turkey) 36 min ago (local time 16:16:07). Info at:
https://t.co/bKBgMeo7Ud
https://t.co/hCg8umgoWK
https://t.co/vE7PdskHEB pic.twitter.com/yWYfEFXut0
— EMSC (@LastQuake) August 10, 2023

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