Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Iraq-Iran border region

YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS. A strong, magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Iraq-Iran border today.

As reports “Armenpress”, according to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit at a depth of 6.2 miles, and occurred 16 miles East of Dehloran, Iran.

No damage has been reported yet.

Iran sits on a series of seismic fault lines and experiences one slight quake a day on average. In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam.