Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes off Crete island in Greece, tsunami warning issued | World News

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was at a depth of 83 km (52 miles), GFZ said.
A Greece government directive said, “Risk of possible Tsunami in your area. Move away from the coast immediately. Follow the instructions of Local Authorities.”

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Residents in Egypt also felt the quake with the country’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics reporting no casualties or property damage.
The institute said it recorded a quake of 6.4 magnitude 431 km off Egypt’s northern coasts.