Lo mmandla waziwa ngabakhenkethi. Inyikima enobukhulu obuyi-6.1 yenzeke kwi-71km NNW yaseTorbat-e Jam, Iran ngo-06:09:12.05 UTC nge-5 ka-Apr 2017.
Iziko elidumileyo lizikhilomitha ezingama-87 ukusuka eMashhad, isixeko esibalulekileyo kukhenketho kunye neendwendwe kwiRiphabhlikhi yamaSilamsi yaseIran. Yidolophu yesibini ngobukhulu eIran.
IMashhad sisixeko esikumntla-mpuma weIran, eyaziwa njengendawo yohambo lwezenkolo. Igxile kwiNgcwele enkulu ka-Imam Reza, enezindlu zegolide kunye neeminarets ezikhanyiswa zizikhukula ebusuku. Indawo esetyhula ikwaqulathe ingcwaba lomfundi waseLebhanon uSheikh Bahai, kunye nenkulungwane ye-15, iMosque yaseGoharshad ephambi kwethayile, enedome eliluhlaza.
Inyikima inokubangela ilahleko yezoqoqosho, ukwenzakala, nokufa kwabantu.
Umfundi we-eTN uthumela ifoto ebonisa abantu begxalathelana esitratweni emva kwenyikima.
Iqela labahlanguli abathathu lithunyelwe Ukuzamazama komhlaba Indawo kwiphondo laseKhorasan Razavi, Iran, i-arhente yeendaba yaseFars ibike. Umonakalo omkhulu awunakwenzeka. Lo mmandla unabemi abambalwa kuphela kwindawo ephambili.