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Earthquake hits Iran’s coasts in Caspian Sea

Society Materials 7 June 2017 16:28 (UTC +04:00)
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale shook northern Iran in Caspian Sea coast in Golestan province on June 7
Earthquake hits Iran’s coasts in Caspian Sea

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 7

By Fatih Karimov – Trend:

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale shook northern Iran in Caspian Sea coast in Golestan province on June 7.

The tremors occurred at 14:47 local time (UTC ‎+3:30 hours), according to a report from the seismography center affiliated with Tehran University Geophysics Institute, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.

The earthquake's epicenter was located in an area of 52.55 degrees in longitude and 39.8 degrees in latitude and at a depth of 20 kilometers underground.

There was no immediate report on possible casualties or damage.

Earlier on June 7 morning, also an earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook Iran's Rivash city, in north eastern province of Razavi Khorasan.

Iran sits astride several major faults in the earth's crust and is prone to frequent earthquakes, many of which have been devastating.

The deadliest quake in the country was in June 1990 and measured 7.7 on the Richter scale.

About 37,000 people were killed and more than 100,000 injured in the north-western provinces of Gilan and Zanjan. Nearly 27 towns and 1,870 villages were devastated.

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