Earthquake strikes southern Iran

Muscat: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck southwest Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, which is around 700 km away from Khasab in Oman.
However, officials said that there was "no effect on Oman and the people didn’t feel anything as the epicentre was far away from the Sultanate".
There were also no initial reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which hit around 160 km northwest of the city of Shiraz at 0408 GMT. State media said it hit near the town of Sisakht, 329 kilometres from the coastal port of Bandar Bushehr.
Last November, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit villages and towns in Iran's western Kermanshah province along the mountainous border with Iraq, killing at least 620 people and injuring thousands of others.