5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Close to Tehran, Deaths Reported

5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Close to Tehran, Deaths Reported
5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Iran on May 8, 2020. USGS
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DUBAI—Two people died and 22 were injured when they fled their homes in panic following an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that struck northern Iran in the early hours of Friday, state media said.

There were several mild aftershocks, but no serious damage from the quake that struck after midnight on the border of the provinces of Tehran and Mazandaran, authorities said.