TEHRAN -- A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale shook the city of Qom, in the Central Iranian Province of Qom, Wednesday, IRNA reported.

The Geophysics Institute affiliated to Tehran University registered the tremor at 11:36 hours local time (0706 GMT).

No report has been received so far on possible casualties or damage inflicted by the temblor.

Iran situated on some of the world's seismic faultlines and is often shaken by earthquakes of various intensities.

As of 1991, over 950 quakes have hit the country resulting in the death of 17,600 people and injuries to 53,300 others, according to reports.