Magnitude 5 quake strikes Iraqi-Iranian borderline

A photo shows the Iraqi side of the border with Iran at the Shalamjah crossing point, near the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (File/AFP)

• No immediate reports of damage or casualties caused by the quake, Iraqi state news agency said

BAGHDAD: A magnitude 5 earthquake struck the Iraqi-Iranian borderline, the Iraqi state news agency INA reported on Thursday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties caused by the quake, it added.