Tehran-Sana
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit the port of Khmer on Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, without reports of injuries or material damage.
"The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers from the surface of the earth," the Iranian Seismological Center said in a statement today, IRNA reported.
On the fifth of this month, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Kermanshah province, western Iran.
