Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Crete, Greece, GFZ says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck off the coast of Crete, Greece, on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 77 km (47.85 miles), GFZ said.

GFZ had earlier assigned a magnitude of 6.5 to the earthquake.

(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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