MOSCOW, December 23 (RIA Novosti) - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck north-west Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Sunday.
The quake’s epicenter was registered 10 km (6 miles) south-west of the city of Khoy in the province of West Azerbaijan at a depth of 10 km.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage after the earthquake.
Iran is prone to frequent earthquakes, many of which have been devastating, as it sits astride several major faults in the earth's crust. The deadliest quake in the country was in June 1990 when the 7.7-magnitude disaster killed some 37,000 people and left over 100,000 injured in the northwestern provinces of Gilan and Zanjan, devastating 27 towns and about 1,870 villages.
