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Four tremors have been registered in Iran since early morning. Armenia’s Emergency Ministry said the first 4.4 magnitude tremor jolted northern Iran at about 6:20 a.m., the second measured 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the outskirts of Tebriz at 8:19 a.m.

Two others with a magnitude of 4.1 and 4.2 were registered at 12:59 p.m.

As  Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, four quakes measured 6.2 to 6.6 jolted Iran’s north-west near the Armenian border on Saturday

The quakes were also followed by aftershocks measured 4.1 to 4.8 on the Richter scale. The tremors were felt also in the cities of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. A 4.5 magnitude tremor was registered in Armenia’s south and 3-4 magnitude in capital Yerevan. The quake caused panic and made people leave their houses in southern Armenia. No casualties and destruction in the territory of Armenia was reported.

 

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