3.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Duhok Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan

Erbil, September 15 (KUNA) -- The General Authority of Meteorology and Seismology announced on Tuesday that a 3.1-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was detected in the Duhok Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with no reported casualties or damage. In a statement, the authority said the tremor was recorded approximately 27 kilometers southeast of Duhok city, with no reports of material or human losses. According to statistics from the Seismology Monitoring Department of the General Authority of Meteorology and Seismology, the total number of earthquakes recorded by the Iraqi Seismological Monitoring Network in August amounted to 84, including 41 within Iraq and 43 outside Iraq. No human or material losses were recorded in the region as a result of the seismic activity. (End) S.B.R. / S.M.A.