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The quake hit northeastern Iran, 89 kilometers from the city of Mashhad, which has a population of over 2.3 million people.
There have been no reports of casualties or damage so far.
The 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:55 a.m. local time (0055 GMT) in a remote part of Botswana north of the capital Gaborone, the US Geological Survey said.
The shallow tremor was only 6.2 miles (10 km) deep.
On Monday, Botswana was struck by its second biggest recorded earthquake when a magnitude 6.5 tremor shook an isolated area 250 km (155 miles) northwest Gaborone. That earthquake was felt in the capital, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland.
Strong earthquakes are rare in southern Africa.
No immediate information was available as to how the communities fared, but some minor casualties and structural damages were reported as far as 130 kilometers away from the earthquake's epicenter.
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The earthquake, which struck at 7:40 p.m. local time on Monday, was centered about 44 kilometers (27 miles) east of Gope, or roughly 229 kilometers (142 miles) northwest of Gaborone. It struck at a shallow depth of about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the preliminary magnitude of the earthquake at 6.5, making it the country's largest earthquake ever recorded.
Shaking has been felt across southern Africa, with reports of tremors being felt in the capital Gaborone and neighboring countries, including in Johannesburg and Pretoria in South Africa. Shaking has also been felt in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Residents of Pretoria, Johannesburg, Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom were awaken by an earthquake that occurred 8km south of Stilfontein on Monday morning.
According to Earthquake Report, the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.2 and occurred at about 05:08.
Residents from Parys. Freestate reported on Earthquake Report that they have felt it as well and that it lasted for only a few seconds.
A resident from Klerksdorp said that the noise lasted for a long time. Residents from Sandton said that they had items falling off cupboards. A Pretoria resident also claimed to feel it, but that nothing was damaged.
Various residents on social media confirmed that they have felt the earthquake in various parts of Pretoria. A resident from Garsfontein said that it felt like two earthquakes.
Residents of Pretoria moot also claimed to have felt the earthquake. "We felt it very clearly in Wonderboom south."
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"According to the satellite data of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) on Monday morning, ash release was recorded on the Kambalny volcano. The height of the ash release was up to 7 thousand meters above sea level," the local Emergency Ministry branch said in a statement, adding that no civilians are at risk.
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A magnitude 4.0 quake first hit at 3.55 a.m. It was followed by a magnitude 1.7 aftershock at 4:03 a.m. and a 1.4 tremor at 4:37 a.m.
USGS data
The largest population center is approximately 65 miles east of the epicenter in Los Mochis, Mexico.
People as far away as Glendale, California reported feeling the effects of the quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's data.
No other information was available.
Comment: An additional datum from Earth Track states that it occurred a depth of only 10 kilometers.
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The quake occurred in the Bering Sea, just off the eastern coast of Kamchatka on Wednesday afternoon (4:09am GMT), Kamchatka's branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Interfax.
"Residents of the Klyuchi and Kozyrevsk of the Ust-Kamatsky villages experienced this earthquake with a five points magnitude," the representative of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.
The Sakhalin Tsunami Center has warned the earthquake can possibly trigger local tsunami waves of up to 1.5 meters, TASS reports, adding that waves could reach North-Kurilsk island within two hours.
Comment: The earthquake originated 5 km below the surface of the earth according to reports.