Iraq

Earthquake Strikes Sulaymaniyah Province

Earthquake Strikes Sulaymaniyah Province

The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced today, Wednesday, that an earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale occurred near the Iraqi-Iranian border. In a statement, the ministry noted that "seismic observatories in the General Authority for Meteorology and Seismic Monitoring recorded the earthquake this morning in Sulaymaniyah province," specifying that "the quake was registered at 9:23 AM local time and was located 36 km northeast of Raniya, near the Iraqi-Iranian border." They added that "there were no reports of citizens feeling the tremor, and we have not received any reports of material or human losses."

Our readers are reading too