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By Sara Rajabova

Another powerful earthquake measuring 5.6 points on the Richter scale shook the vicinity of Saravan in this southeastern Iranian province Wednesday morning, IRNA news agency reported.

According to the seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 09:23 local time (04.53 GMT).

The earthquake hit an area more than 100 kilometers east of the city of Khash at a depth of 68.3 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey.

There are no reports of any damage caused by the quake.

On Tuesday, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit a sparsely populated rural area between the Iranian provincial cities of Saravan and Khash at a depth of 95 kilometers.

Deputy Governor of Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan Province Mahmoud Miri said that one person had been killed and five others were injured in the city of Saravan.

The earthquake was felt across large parts of Iran's southeastern neighbor, Pakistan, including in Islamabad and the country's largest city, Karachi, where tremors prompted many to rush out of buildings in fear. The tremor was powerful enough to be felt as far away as New Delhi, India, where it rocked tall buildings.

It was also felt in the Persian Gulf's littoral states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

It is reported that this is one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit Iran over the past 40 years.