TEHRAN (IRNA) -- A tremor with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale rocked suburbs of the city of Fareghan in the southern province of Hormozgan Wednesday morning.

The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 07:49 hours local time (0419 GMT).

The epicenter of the earthquake was located in an area measuring 56.31 degrees in longitude and 28.05 degrees in latitude, the report added.

There are no immediate reports of any casualty or damage to property caused by the quake.

Iran is often hit by quakes of varying magnitudes as it sits on some of the world's most active seismic fault lines.