Quake hits city in Kermanshah
A 4.9-magnitude quake shook areas around the city of Tazeh Abad in the Kurdish Kermanshah province at 1:35 hours local time Saturday.
No report on possible casualties or material losses has been released yet.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 34.61 degrees latitude and 46.12 degrees longitude at the depth of five kilometers underground, according to the Seismology Center of Tehran University, IRNA reported.
Last Sunday, a strong quake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit the city of Tazeh Abad, killing three persons and injuring 300 others.
On November 12, 2017, 620 people lost their lives and about 12,000 others were wounded when a killing quake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale rocked the city of Salas Babajani in Kermanshah.
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