IRNA -- A
tremor measuring 3.6 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale jolted
west of Toyserkan in this western province on Sunday morning.
According to the Geophysics Institute affiliated to Tehran University,
the quake occurred at 04:46 hours local time (01:16 hours GMT).
The quake
which was also felt in the provincial capital of Hamedan caused
panic among residents of this city as well. No report has yet
been received on any possible casualty or damage to property caused
by the quake. Another tremor measuring 3.9 degrees on the Richter
scale had jolted the western city of Toyserkan on Saturday November
18. Meanwhile, two consecutive earthquakes measuring, respectively,
5.9 and 6.3 degrees on the Richter scale which hit the Caspian
Sea area on Saturday night and caused cracks in house walls in
Sari as well as panic among residents of several northern Iranian
cities caused no casualties in Iran.
The earthquakes
whose epicenters were in the Caspian Sea left a number of dead
in the Republic of Azerbaijan. A tremor measuring 3.6 degrees
on the Richter scale also hit the city of Gremi in the northwestern
province of Ardebil on Saturday morning.
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