5.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran, 382 km from Khasab

Muscat: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck southern Iran, in Bushehr area, on Sunday morning.

According to the Earthquake Monitoring Centre (EMC) at Sultan Qaboos University, the tremor occurred at 9:11 am (local time) at a depth of 8 kilometres.

The epicentre was located approximately 382 kilometres north-west of Khasab.

Meanwhile, there were no damages or casualties have been reported so far.