The tremors have been felt in an area close to the Mosha fault, one of Iran’s most active seismic zones.
A series of nine small earthquakes struck the Pardis area east of Tehran overnight, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday, renewing fears among experts and residents that the Iranian capital could face a major seismic disaster.
The repeated activity has revived concerns that accumulated tectonic pressure beneath and around the capital, which lies close to several active fault lines, could at some point in the future trigger a much larger earthquake.
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While tremors in the area are frequent, it is far less common for several to occur in succession.
The tremors, recorded…
