World, Middle East
5.3 magnitude quake shakes northern Iraq
Quake's epicenter recorded near Baynijwayn district in Sulaymaniyah region
Bekir Aydogan |
06.04.2021 - Update : 06.04.2021
ERBIL, Iraq
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck the Sulaymaniyah area in northern Iraq on Tuesday.
According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake's epicenter was in the Baynijwayn district in Sulaymaniyah and was recorded at 18.12 p.m., local time (1512GMT).
*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat
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