Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes northeast of Sulaymaniyah
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- Seismic observatories recorded a magnitude 4.3 earthquake inside Iraq, about 16 kilometers northeast of Sulaymaniyah.
- The tremor occurred in the Kurdistan Region, according to Iraq’s General Authority for Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring.
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck northeast of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, according to the country’s seismic observatories.
The General Authority for Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring said the tremor occurred within Iraqi territory, about 16 kilometers northeast of central Sulaymaniyah.
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Originally published by Alsumaria in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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