Egypt says magnitude 5.87 quake hits Eastern Mediterranean region -statement

An earthquake of magnitude 5.87 hit the Eastern Mediterranean region, Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said in a statement on Wednesday.

The earthquake had "no significant impact on Egypt," Gad El Qady, head of the institute, told Reuters.

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