vibrations
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southwest Iran
A seismograph. The earth shook in Iran. (Symbolic image) photo
© epa efe Ulises Rodriguez/epa efe/dpa
As in neighboring Afghanistan, the earth has now also shaken in the southwest of Iran. Nothing is yet known about the damage or casualties.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Iran Southwest of the country shaken. As the US Earthquake Observatory USGS reported on Sunday, the quake occurred at a depth of around ten kilometers. There were initially no reports of damage or casualties in the earthquake zone in the Gulf near Iraq.
In recent days, a series of earthquakes has caused devastating damage in neighboring Afghanistan.
There are frequent severe earthquakes in the region where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian plates meet.