4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran's capital Tehran
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Tehran on Tuesday at a depth of 10 kilometres, Iranian state media reported. No casualties or damage were immediately reported in the Tehran-Mazandaran border region.
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported (Photo- Reuters)
UPDATED: May 13, 2026 03:40 IST
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's capital, Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported, citing the country’s seismological centre. The quake hit at a depth of 10 kilometres, with tremors felt in the border region between Tehran and Mazandaran provinces. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Red Crescent teams in Tehran, Mazandaran, Qom and Alborz provinces were placed on alert following the earthquake. Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported that no injuries or major financial damage had been recorded an hour after the tremor.
Residents gathered in the streets of Boomehen city near the earthquake’s epicentre in Tehran province following Tuesday night’s tremor, according to IRIB.
Earlier, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Gerash region in southern Iran on March 3.
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