Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Iran’s south
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province, with no immediate reports of casualties.
According to Fars news agency, the tremor took place near the village of Laft in the central district of Qeshm County, in Hormozgan Province, at a shallow depth of 13 kilometers at 16:00 local time (19:30 GMT) on Sunday.
The quake was short, lasting a mere eight seconds, but was felt in different parts of Hormozgan.
There was no immediate information about human or material damage.
Iran experiences frequent seismic activity as it sits where two major tectonic plates meet.
The earthquakes have sometimes turned disastrous over the past years. In 2003, more than 26,000 people lost their lives following a major quake that ruined the ancient city of Bam in eastern Iran. In 1990, a 7.4-magnitude quake in northern Iran killed thousands of people.
At least two other significant quakes stuck in 2005 and 2012, which killed a total of about 1,000 people.
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