It occurred at around 6 a.m., and was centred 58 km north-northeast of Kerman city, reports Xinhua news agency.
The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 30.7652 degrees north latitude and 57.3306 degrees east longitude, according to the USGS.
A 5.0-magnitude aftershock was recorded twelve minutes after the tremor.
There were no immediate reports of any damages or casualties.
On November 12, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck an area along Iran's northern border with Iraq, leaving at least 445 people dead and over 7,100 others injured.
(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Doraiah Chowdary Vundavally is a Software engineer at VTech . He is the news editor of SocialNews.XYZ and Freelance writer-contributes Telugu and English Columns on Films, Politics, and Gossips. He is the primary contributor for South Cinema Section of SocialNews.XYZ. His mission is to help to develop SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgement towards any.
This website uses cookies.