Magnitude 4 quake jolts Karaj next to Tehran

The epicenter of the quake was reported to be Mahdasht, between the Tehran and Alborz provinces, media cited the Iranian officials as saying.

It struck at exactly 9 P.M. and it was also felt in Safadasht in the west of Tehran, too.

The Iranian National Seismological Center has said the quake was a magnitude 4 earthquake on the Richter scale, adding that it occurred at a depth of 8 kilometers below the ground surface.

KI