Off the wire
Smoking cessation drug users exposed to higher risk of heart disease: study  • Rwanda bans livestock imports from South Africa over viral disease  • Chinese investment brings dynamism to small French city  • Turkey seeks to jail NBA star over insulting president Erdogan  • Saudi king exchanges views with Trump in phone call  • UN rights chief Zeid tells staff he will not seek reelection  • Urgent: Earthquake hits Iran, strongly felt in Tehran and surroundings  • Finnish state prosecutor fined for breach of duty  • Wind becomes second largest energy source in Germany: report  • U.S. dollar falls as Congress passes tax bill  
You are here:  

1st LD: Earthquake hits Iran, strongly felt in Tehran and surroundings

Xinhua,December 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Malard town in Iran's Tehran Province at 23:27 local time (1957 GMT), Iran Seismological Center said.

The epicenter, about 50 km east of Iranian capital Tehran, was at the depth of 7 km, 35.69 degree north latitude and 50.96 degrees east longitude, according to ISC.

The quake was strongly felt in the capital as well as Alborz, Qazvin, Ghilan and Qom provinces. Enditem