Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes southern Iran - Fars news
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in southern Iran on Monday, Fars news agency reported.
According to the source, the earthquake was focused near the town of Kukherd in the southern province of Hormozgan. There were no early reports of fatalities or material damage, state TV reported, citing officials.
The Associated Press quoted officials saying the earthquake struck near Kukherd, a city in Iran’s Hormozgan province. Kukherd is a farming community some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Iran’s capital, Tehran, with a population of some 4,000 people.