5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iran Amid Israel War

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook northern Iran on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, as Israel pounded the country with repeated waves of air strikes. The quake, which Iran’s Tasnim news agency said measured 5.2, struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) some 37 kilometres (23 miles) southwest of the city of Semnan, the USGS said. The earthquake struck Iran alarmingly close to the country’s Fordow nuclear enrichment facility in Qom Province, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. READ ALSO: Exponent of Quiet Authority, By Bamidele Johnson ‘NNPC Board…

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