TEHRAN, Iran —AP- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Iran’s central desert on Monday, residents and state television said.
The quake was felt in the capital, Tehran and in several other cities for about seven seconds starting at nearly 6 p.m. local time, residents said.
Its center was near the central Iran town of Qom, in a sparsely populated area, and state television had no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The quake’s epicenter was 18.64 miles below the earth’s crust, state TV said. Life appeared to have returned to normal by late afternoon in the capital.
It’s true enough that this portion of Iran tends to get quakes on almost daily basis, if not so severe as this. We seem to be dealing with a lot of unknowns, here. Since that’s the case, I post this, in case it comes up later.
