5.8-magnitude quake hits Iran

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IANS Tehran
Last Updated : Jul 23 2018 | 12:10 PM IST

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Iran's Sirch in Kerman province early on Monday, country's Seismological Centre reported.

The epicentre is determined at a depth of 10 km, 30.365 degrees north latitude and 57.499 degrees east longitude, Xinhua news agency reported.

No casualties or property loss have been reported so far.

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People rushed to the streets in panic as emergency teams were sent to the affected region, media reported.

On Sunday, two moderate quakes of 5.7-magnitude and 5.9-magnitude rattled southern Hormozghan and western Kermanshah provinces successively. The quake in Kermanshah province injured 26 people.

--IANS

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First Published: Jul 23 2018 | 12:04 PM IST

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