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Powerful earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border region

 Powerful earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border region
posted onAugust 9, 2020
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake on Sunday hit Iran’s Qasr-e Shirin near the border with Iraq, local media in both countries reported.

The epicenter of the tremors was located 121 km northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad at a depth of 48 km.

There was no immediate information about the victims and the level of destruction.