Reuters - An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck the province of Kermanshah in western Iran on Sunday, Iranian state TV reported. It gave no immediate information on possible casualties or damage from the quake, which it said jolted the Gilan-e Gharb county in the province. Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Gareth Jones

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook the town of Ezgele in western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Saturday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 14:58 hours local time (10:28 GMT) and at the depth of 8 km underground. The epicenter of the quake ...

IRNA The 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Gilan-e-Gharb in the western province of Kermanshah has so far been followed by 44 aftershocks, a local official said. Head of Kermanshah Seismological Center Farhad Norouzi told IRNA on Monday that four aftershocks were between 4-5 Richter. Referring to the fatal 7.3-measuring earthquake which hit the provincial ...

Tasnim An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale hit an area in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, injuring 75 people, a report said. According to the Seismological Center of the Tehran Universitys Institute of Geophysics, the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers at 05:11 p.m. local time (1341 GMT) on Sunday. The ...

MNA A 5.9 earthquake has struck the western province of Kermanshah this afternoon, while there are no immediate reports of any casualties. The powerful 5.9 earthquake struck the border areas between Iran and Iraq in Kermanshah province at 5:11 PM local time, while the epicenter is reported to have been Gilan-e Gharb this time. The spokesman ...

IRNA Irans First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Thursday that the areas ruined in the wake of last Sunday's devastating earthquake will be rebuilt in two months and before approach of the cold season. Unfortunately, the recent earthquake incurred heavy damage to the people in different cities of Kermanshah province, including Sar Pol-e-Zahab,...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook Sar Pol-e Zahab in western Iranian province of Kermanshah early Wednesday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 03:20 hours local time (23:50 GMT) at the depth of 10 km underground. The epicenter of the quake ...

IRNA A 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolted an area near the western recent quake-hit city of Qasr-e Shirin. The new quake occurred at 10:6 am local time on Tuesday (06:36) with an epicenter of 45.63 degrees longitude and 34.35 degrees latitude and at a depth of 13 km. The mild quake came one day after the strong one hit the western city in Kermanshah ...

Iran Front Page - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The controversy over Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifs comments about rampant money laundering in Iran remained a ...

Sputnik The number of people, who were injured by the powerful Sunday earthquake that hit the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, has risen to 780, local media reported on Tuesday. According tothe Tasnim news agency, the earthquake damaged about300 residential houses inIran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held a phone conversation ...

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Tasnim | Alireza Vasigh Ansari: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Iran�s western province of Kermanshah on Sunday evening, forcing residents of Qasr-e Shirin to spend the night outdoors.  

IRNA During a phone conversation with the governor of the western Kermanshah Province, Iran's president Hassan Rouhani on Monday urged immediate addressing of issues in quake-stricken areas. During his phone conversation with Houshang Bazvand, President Rouhani emphasized planning for temporary settlements in quake-hit areas and addressing relevant ...

Iran Front Page - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, November 26, 2018, and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. All papers today covered the remarks made by the Leader of Irans Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting ...

Tasnim The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said the IRGC is ready to dispatch its forces and equipment to the province of Kermanshah in western Iran after an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the province. The IRGC is wellpreparedin the area of health and medical assistance and its equipment and facilities are ...

IRNA Interior Minister ordered the Organization of Crisis Management to swiftly provide relief aid to those affected in the quake-areas in western Iran. In a letter of the head of the organization Najjar, he said that given the occurrence of a sorrowful quake in western Iran, all the forces and relief providers are ordered to be on standby and be ...

MNA An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 shook Kermanshah province in westernIranlate Sunday, injuring 716 people, according to the latest reports. The powerful earthquake hit at 1:19 UTC (20:07 local time) at a depth of 9 km, which is considered shallow, according to Iranian Seismological Center, 20 km from Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah ...

Press TV - Over 550 people have been injured in astrong 6.3-magnitude earthquake inwestern Iran, alsofelt in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According to the US Geological Survey, (USGS), the quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers on Sunday. The official IRNA news agency quoted University of Tehrans Institute of Geophysics as saying that ...

IRNA -- An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook suburbs of Tazehabad, Kermanshah Province at 22:49 hours local time (19:19 GMT) n Saturday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the quake occurred at the depth of 12 km underground. The epicenter of the quake was 15km from Tazehabad ...

Al-Monitor - Sarpol-e Zahab was the city hardest hit by a devastating earthquake that rocked most of Iran's western Kermanshah province Nov. 12, 2017, killing over 600 people. It is also where children still play a game where they simulate the quake by making the horrible sounds and frightening each other in the rubble an indication of just how entangled ...