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Quake jolts Iran-Iraq border
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- 26 April, 2021
- 14:22
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook Iran's western province of Kermanshah near the border with Iraq early on Monday, no casualties have been reported, Report informs, citing Mehr News Agency.
According to the seismological center of Tehran University’s Institute of Geophysics, the tremor hit at 14:39 local time on Monday and rattled Sarpol-e Zahab County in Kermanshah province.
The tremor was documented to have struck at a shallow depth of ten kilometers. No possible casualties or damage resulting from the quake have so far been reported.
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