Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes India-Nepal border region
People in Srinagar, Jammu, Shopian and several other parts of Kashmir region felt the tremors.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Iran on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
It occurred at around 6 a.m., and was centred 58 km north-northeast of Kerman city, reports Xinhua news agency.
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The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 30.7652 degrees north latitude and 57.3306 degrees east longitude, according to the USGS.
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A 5.0-magnitude aftershock was recorded twelve minutes after the tremor.
READ MORE: 134 killed in powerful earthquake near Iran-Iraq border
There were no immediate reports of any damages or casualties.
On November 12, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck an area along Iran’s northern border with Iraq, leaving at least 445 people dead and over 7,100 others injured.
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