Iran was faced with another earthquake, this time of a lesser magnitude. This will be the second one in two months that Iran had to field.
Iran was faced with another earthquake, this time of a lesser magnitude. this will be the second one in two months that Iran had to field. The earthquake was of magnitude 5.2 and struck a town near the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday night. The latest quake, hit in the late evening at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Last month, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit villages and towns in Iran’s western Kermanshah province along the mountainous border with Iraq, killing 620 people and injuring thousands of others.
The epicenter of the quake was 3 km from the city of Malard, and not far from Meshkin Dasht, which sits about 50 km west of Tehran.
The quake was also felt in Alborz, Qazvin, Qom, Gilan and Markazi provinces.
“There have been no reports of casualties or damage,” Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman for Iran’s National Disaster Management Organization, was quoted as saying.
In Tehran and other cities, residents flooded into streets and parks, fearing a stronger aftershock. Some set up tents to spend the night outside and lit fires. Schools, universities and government offices will be closed in Tehran, Alborz and Qom provinces on Thursday.
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