5.8-magnitude quake hits Iran

A picture taken on December 27, 2019 shows the Ahram-Farashband road blocked by a landslide triggered by an earthquake in Iran's southern Bushehr province. - An earthquake struck Iran on Friday less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the country's only nuclear power plant, monitors said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. The US Geological Survey said the 5.1 magnitude quake struck 44 kilometres (27 miles) from the southwestern city of Borazjan and at a depth of 38 kilometres. (Photo by - / ISNA NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

TEHRAN: An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Iran’s Khorasan-e Razavi province near the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday, with no immediate report of casualties or damage.

The tremor hit the town of Sangan, in Khaf county, at a shallow depth of 8 km at 7.59 a.m., Press TV reported.
Hojjatali Shayanfar, director general of the provincial emergency department, said: “We have not received any reports of casualties, but a large area has been affected, which our survey teams are investigating.”

However, he added, there has been damage to livestock storage units because the quake-hit area is home to the nomadic population.
Aid workers have been deployed to the affected region. IANS

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