Tehran: A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Riz District in Bushehr Province in south Iran on Monday evening.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, the epicenter of the quake was reported to be Riz District, which is in Jam County, Bushehr province in south Iran. The Iranian National Seismography Center, located at the Geophysics Institute of the University of Tehran, reported that the earthquake occurred at 20:29:51 at a depth of 20 kilometers from the ground surface.

The quake epicenter was reported to be 29 kilometers from Riz town center.