A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Iran on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

He pointed out that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 kilometers in the city of Jam, near the port of Asaluyeh, where the largest Iranian gas facilities are located, and 270 kilometers from the Bushehr nuclear reactor.

The Iranian Red Crescent said it had not received any reports of any human casualties as a result of the earthquake.