TEHRAN, The death toll of the earthquake that hit Iran’s northeastern city of Kashmar on Tuesday has risen to four, according to Iranian authorities.
“The toll of victims has risen to four and 120 others have been injured,” Kashmar’s Governor Hajatollah Shariatmadar was quoted as saying by Iran’s official news agency (IRNA).
Earlier in the day, Iranian authorities announced that an earthquake measuring five degrees on the Richter scale had hit Kashmar City in the country’s north-eastern Razavi Khorasan province, 1:24 am local time.
Source: Kuwait News Agency