An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Iran’s central province of Semnan earlier on Sunday.

According to The Iran Project, the northern areas of the city of Shahroud was the epicenter of the quake at the depth of 7 kilometers to the surface, the University of Tehran’s Institute of Geophysics reported.

There are no reports of casualties are material damage.

Abu-Taleb Jalali, the governor of Shahroud, said several teams have been deployed to the region to assess the situation on the ground.