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An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 was recorded off the coast of Japan at 176 km. from Katsuura City, Tiba Prefecture, BGNES reported.

The quake struck at 05.51 Bulgarian time.

It was at a depth of 10 kilometers.

There is no information about victims, devastation, tsunami threat or injured people.

A lawmaker of Turkey’s main opposition party, Aytuğ Atıcı, had his long beard shaved off as he had promised after the two-year-long state of emergency was lifted on July 19.

The Ankara Governor's Office has banned the movie screening event of a communist LGBT group which was to be held in the capital city on June 28, citing the ongoing state of emergency in the country as a reason for the ban.

Political leaders have begun casting their votes at various polling stations around Turkey on June 24 in the country’s landmark snap presidential and parliamentary elections that are taking place under an ongoing state of emergency.

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The Turkish Parliament on April 18 extended the ongoing state of emergency for the seventh time for another three months, meaning the upcoming early elections on June 24 will be held under the emergency rule despite widespread disapproval from opposition parties.

The Turkish government plans once more to extend the state of emergency for another three months after ratifying a Prime Ministry motion.

An earthquake of 7 magnitude struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage, reported Reuters. 

The quake, the latest in a series in the region over recent days, struck 180 km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island, at a shallow depth of 10 km, the USGS said.

A 13-centimeter tsunami wave was recorded in the Aegean province of Muğla's Bodrum district early on July 21, following a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake which its epicenter was 10 kilometers south of Bodrum and 16 kilometers east-northeast of Greece's Kos Island, according to the Kandilli Observatory and the Earthquake Research Institute.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, according to Reuters. 

The quake was centered just offshore from the city of Kagoshima, NHK public television said.