6.0-magnitude quake hits Iran
Friday - December 1, 2017 9:52 am ,
Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
6.0-magnitude quake hits Iran
Tehran Dec 1 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Iran on Friday morning the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
It occurred at around 6 a.m. and was centred 58 km north-northeast of Kerman city reports Xinhua news agency.
The epicentre with a depth of 10 km was initially determined to be at 30.7652 degrees north latitude and 57.3306 degrees east longitude according to the USGS.
A 5.0-magnitude aftershock was recorded twelve minutes after the tremor.
There were no immediate reports of any damages or casualties.
On November 12 a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck an area along Iran s northern border with Iraq leaving at least 445 people dead and over 7 100 others injured.
--IANS
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