TEHRAN, July 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit the city of Torbat-e Heydarieh in Iran's northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province on Friday, leaving more than 100 people injured, local media reported.
The earthquake occurred at around 06:20 p.m. local time (1450 GMT) and rocked the city for about 10 seconds, causing excessive telecom disconnections, state news agency IRNA reported.