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Security cam footage shows cans of food falling off shelves in a market in Kalar town, Sulaimani province on January 27, 2025. Photo: Submitted
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A series of earthquakes, the strongest measuring around 5.0 in magnitude, struck Sulaimani province’s Garmiyan early Sunday, with tremors reported near the Iran-Iraq border, according to seismological officials.
"Five earthquakes were recorded. The first quake measured 3.4 on the Richter scale at 3:14 am and its epicenter was at a depth of 15 kilometers," Mohammed Kamal, a meteorological and seismological forecaster in the Kurdistan Region, told Rudaw.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake also struck near the Parvizkhan border crossing with Iran, the strongest of the series, at approximately 4:00 am. An aftershock of magnitude 3 also hit west of Sulaimani’s Kalar town, Kamal added.
Iran’s state IRNA news agency reported a 5.1-magnitude earthquake at 4:30 am in Qasr e-Shirin in Kermanshah province, about 4 kilometers from the Parvizkhan border crossing with the Kurdistan Region.
On Friday morning, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake also struck west of Halabja.
"The earthquake was 5 kilometers deep and there was no damage and some of the residents of the area did not feel it,” Amir Jabri, spokesperson for Iraq’s meteorology department, then told Rudaw.
"Five earthquakes were recorded. The first quake measured 3.4 on the Richter scale at 3:14 am and its epicenter was at a depth of 15 kilometers," Mohammed Kamal, a meteorological and seismological forecaster in the Kurdistan Region, told Rudaw.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake also struck near the Parvizkhan border crossing with Iran, the strongest of the series, at approximately 4:00 am. An aftershock of magnitude 3 also hit west of Sulaimani’s Kalar town, Kamal added.
Iran’s state IRNA news agency reported a 5.1-magnitude earthquake at 4:30 am in Qasr e-Shirin in Kermanshah province, about 4 kilometers from the Parvizkhan border crossing with the Kurdistan Region.
On Friday morning, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake also struck west of Halabja.
"The earthquake was 5 kilometers deep and there was no damage and some of the residents of the area did not feel it,” Amir Jabri, spokesperson for Iraq’s meteorology department, then told Rudaw.
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