Sharjah 24 – WAM: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Khowy in Iran on Wednesday, with no initial reports of damage, Reuters reported.
The quake was about 11.6 km (7.2 miles) from the village of Khowy and at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) earlier said that the quake was magnitude 5.5.