An earthquake measuring 5.1 magnitude hits the Iranian capital

2020-05-07 2020-05-07T22:32:07Z
وداد السعودي
وداد السعودي
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Weather of Arabia - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Thursday night / Friday, according to a statement issued by the earthquake center at Tehran University.

 

The statement said that the epicenter of the earthquake occurred 7 kilometers below the surface of the earth, in the "Damawandi" area of Tehran

 

So far, there has been no comment from the Iranian authorities regarding the presence of human or material losses due to the earthquake

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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