Early this morning, the ground shook in Eshq Abad, South Khorasan.
Early this morning, Tuesday, September 13th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale struck at a depth of 8 kilometers near Eshq Abad in South Khorasan Province.
Mohammad Ali Akhundi, the Director General of Crisis Management for South Khorasan Province, spoke to Iran Press about the details of this news.
This earthquake and its aftershocks occurred in the uninhabited areas of the villages of Pashno, Shir Deh, and Kheirabad, which did not suffer much damage. The larger surrounding villages either felt the 5-magnitude quake weakly or did not feel it at all.
Currently, a team from the Red Crescent, the Housing Foundation, and local council members are stationed at the site and are on standby for 24 hours. After this major earthquake, several aftershocks of 2 and 3 magnitudes occurred, indicating that the dangerous situation has passed.