Nigerians living in Cyprus set to ‘flee’ from the country after powerful earthquake [Video]

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 rattled the island nation of Cyprus on Tuesday morning, January 11, the nation’s Geological Survey Division mentioned.

Though no injury or accidents have thus far been reported, the earthquake was felt all through the east Mediterranean area, and reviews mentioned it was felt in close by Israel, Lebanon and Turkey.

A video on social media exhibits a bunch of Nigerian residents panicking over the state of affairs.

They trooped out of their houses and expressed fears, saying that they will’t wait to depart the nation for his or her security.

The highly effective tremor struck at 3:08 a.m. (0108GMT) and its epicenter was 50 kilometers (31 miles) off the island’s western shoreline at a depth of 25 kilometers (15.5 miles), ABC information reviews.

The quake shook some out of their beds, particularly within the island’s western district of Paphos the place it was felt most strongly.

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