Series of Earthquakes Strike Northern Iraq Without Casualties - Sarmad

The General Authority for Meteorology and Seismology, under Iraq’s Ministry of Transport, announced on Friday that the northern province of Kirkuk had experienced a series of earthquakes, with no casualties reported.

In a statement, the Authority said that seismic observatories recorded a series of tremors affecting the city of Kirkuk from Thursday evening until Friday morning.

It clarified that one of these earthquakes occurred 30 kilometers east of Kirkuk province, registering a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale, and was felt by residents of the province.

According to the Authority’s statistics, 50 earthquakes were recorded in Iraq and surrounding areas during the previous month of June, with no loss of life reported.