Major Earthquake Hits Eastern Iran, Kills Two

Tehran, An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted Kashmar city in Khorasan Province, eastern Iran, killing two persons.

According to the Seismological Monitoring Center of the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km below the Earth surface. No material damages have been reported until this moment.

Source: Qatar News Agency