According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 8:47 hours local time (4:17 GMT) in an area located at 73.52 degrees latitude and 82.31 degrees longitude and in the depth of 7 km underground.
No report on possible damage to lives or properties has been released yet.
Iran sits on major fault lines and is prone to near-daily earthquakes.
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