6.1. Earthquake rocks the North East of Iran close to tourism city Mashhad

Three rescue team has been sent to Earthquake location in Khorasan Razavi province, Iran, Fars news agency reported.

Three rescue team has been sent to Earthquake location in Khorasan Razavi province, Iran, Fars news agency reported. An earthquake with magnitude 6.1 occurred 71km NNW of Torbat-e Jam, Iran at 06:09:12.05 UTC on Apr 5, 2017. Significant damage is unlikely. The region only has a few inhabitants in the epicentral region.

The epic center is 87 km from Mashhad, a city significant for tourism and visitors to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mashhad is the second largest town in Iran.

Mashhad is a city in northeast Iran, known as a place of religious pilgrimage. Itโ€™s centered on the vast Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, with golden domes and minarets that are floodlit at night. The circular complex also contains the tomb of Lebanese scholar Sheikh Bahai, plus the 15th-century, tile-fronted Goharshad Mosque, with a turquoise dome.


However, the earthquake has the potential for economic loss, injuries, and fatalities

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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