MNA A minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit Izeh in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan in the early hours of Sunday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the earthquake shook Izeh at the depth of 15 km at 0:56 local time (21:26 GMT). The epicenter of the quake was ...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Sar Pol-e Zahab in western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Sunday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 06:54 hours local time (3:24 GMT) at the depth of 17 km underground. The epicenter of the quake was located ...

IRNA Some 165 aftershocks were registered in Irans western Province of Kermanshah almost within 16 hours after it was hit by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake, a local official said on Monday. The aftershocks occurred since the major earthquake rocked Kermanshah Sunday at 2:37 pm local time until 6:30 am Monday, said Farhad Norouzi, head of Kermanshah's ...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4 on Richter scale jolted Ezgeleh in western Province of Kermanshah on Tuesday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 2:43 hours local time (22:14 GMT) in an area located at 34.89 degrees latitude and 45.82 degrees longitude and in the depth of ...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.4 on Richter scale shook Sumar in the western province of Kermanshah at 23:47 hours local time (20:17 GMT) on Friday night. According to the Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the epicenter of the quake was registered at 45.73 degrees longitude and 33.77 degrees latitude ...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 5 on Richter scale shook Sumar in the western province of Kermanshah bordering Iraq at 1:47 hours local time (22: 17 GMT) on Saturday. According to the Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the epicenter of the quake was registered at 45.59 degrees longitude and 33.72 degrees ...

Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has completed its mission to provide quake-hit people in nearly 2000 villages in the western province of Kermanshah with temporary housing units. The Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base, a conglomerate belonging to the IRGC, had pledged to construct 8,000 Conex boxes to be used as temporary housing ...

December 26, The Iran Project - Iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major fault lines that cover at least 90% of the country. As a result, earthquakes in Iran occur often and are destructive. In half a day, three light quakes has been felt in Iran's Tehran Province and surrounding cities, as ...