In Iran, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the southwest of the country. As the US Earthquake Observatory USGS reported on Sunday, the quake occurred at a depth of around ten kilometers. There were initially no reports of damage or casualties in the earthquake zone on the Gulf near Iraq.
In recent days, a series of earthquakes in neighboring Afghanistan have caused devastating damage.
There are frequent severe earthquakes in the region where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian plates meet.
