Iran Press/ Asia: The quake hit at a very shallow depth of 5 km beneath the epicenter near Sivrice, Elazığ, Turkey, in the morning on Sunday 27 December 2020 at 9:37 am local time.
Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface.
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