4.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Dezful’s Outskirts

Dezful: A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck the outskirts of Dezful, southwest Iran. An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the Sardasht area of Dezful city in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, at dawn.

According to Saudi Press Agency, the Seismological Center of the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University reported that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 kilometers below the Earth's surface at 1:45 a.m. The earthquake was recorded at 50.267 degrees east longitude and 30.452 degrees north latitude. No damage has been reported from this earthquake.

Sardasht is located 45 kilometers northeast of Dezful city and about 200 kilometers from Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.