BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 8. A powerful earthquake has struck northern Iran this morning, Trend reports citing the National Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University
The tremor, measuring a 5.0-magnitude on the Richter scale, hit at 08:53 (GMT+4) in the Shahroud district of Semnan Province.
The earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 9 kilometers, was felt in several nearby areas. While the impact of the quake was significant, no reports of injuries or structural damage have emerged so far.
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