Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes southern Iran

By Muhammet Kursun

TEHRAN (AA) - A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Iran’s southeast on Sunday.

The earthquake occurred at 7.34 p.m. local time (1604GMT) in Faryab city of Kerman province at a depth of 21 kilometers (13 miles), according to the Tehran University Seismological Center.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world where earthquakes occur often and are destructive.

*Writing by Burak Dag in Ankara