A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck 10 km south-east of Borazjan, Iran, at 2.20am GMT according to USGS.
Reports said the quake hit near a nuclear plant, but added that it was a 'natural' event.
The world was shaken by the news of Iranian missiles hitting Iraqi bases housing US-led coalition personnel, and the crash of a Ukrainian passenger jet shortly after take-off from Tehran's airport on Wednesday.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake struck 10 km southeast of Borazjan, Iran -- marked with a gold star on the map below -- and at a depth of 10 km.
Photo source via USGS
The map shows the respective locations of the earthquake's epicentre and the city of Bushehr, near which the nuclear plant is located.
Borazjan is a nearly 70-km drive away from Bushehr.
"The depth and epicenter indicate it was a natural event and unrelated to this evening's [US time] events. A similar earthquake struck in late December," the website Strategic Sentinel tweeted.
The earthquake hit on a morning when the world woke up to news of Iranian missile strikes on Iraqi bases housing US-led coalition personnel, and the crash of a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran's airport. (READ: All 170 aboard crashed Ukrainian jet dead: Iran)
The Iranian offensive was retaliation for a US drone strike that killed a man believed to be the Middle East nation's second most powerful figure, the Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
A top Iranian official has now warned that any "adverse military action" by the US would lead to an "all out war across the region".
In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, released by the Iranian President's Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran. On Monday, June 17, 2019, Iran said it will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno, File)
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