Kuwait City: An earthquake measuring five degrees on the Richter scale hit northern Iran on Thursday, according to Iranian authorities. The quake struck the city of Zamanabad in Iran's northern Semnan Province at 8:53 am local time, the Iranian Seismological Center said in a press release.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the earthquake's epicenter was located at a depth of nine kilometers. No reports of casualties or damage have been received so far.