A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was reported in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Tuesday, according to reports by the Iranian state media citing the country’s seismological center. There were no reported casualties or material damage from the quake, which struck the border area between Tehran and Mazandaran, according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.
The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), according to the report. Iranian media reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was at the border of Tehran and Mazandaran provinces, east of the capital, and said the ground shook for 10 seconds. Earlier on Tuesday, there was a report of a small earthquake in the Pardis area near Tehran. The USGS said the tremor was centered near the city of Damavand.
The quake was also reportedly felt in several surrounding areas, including eastern parts of Tehran province and nearby cities in Mazandaran province.
Tehran, with a population of around 15 million residents, sits on or near several major fault lines and occasionally is hit with earthquakes. “We shook as if we were in a swing,” Saboor a resident of Tehran, told The New York Times.
Sara, a 54-year-old resident of Tehran, told NYT that her apartment tower in northern Tehran swayed, and she panicked. “I was sitting at the kitchen table and suddenly felt as if the chair was being pulled from under me,” she said. “I thought, ‘I’m having a dizzy spell’ then noticed the chandeliers swinging. I thought it was an attack — earthquake was the last thing on our minds.”
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