The epicenter of the earthquake was in the region of Qotur at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to the local sources.

On February 23, a magnitude-5.7 earthquake in the same area occurred near Khoy in north-west Iran, close to the border with Turkey, killing 9 people in Başkale, Van.

It hit at 9:23 a.m. local time (05:53 UTC) at a depth of 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) and the epicenter was Qotur district, according to the Iranian Seismological Center (IRSC). (ILKHA)