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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Gerash region in southern Iran.
The agency noted that the tremor occurred at a depth of around 10 kilometres (6.21 miles).
Gerash lies in an area that frequently experiences earthquakes due to its position along the Zagros fold and thrust belt, where the Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide, one of the most seismically active zones in the Middle East.
Though earthquakes in the magnitude-4 range are relatively common in the region, the timing of the quake comes as the Islamic Republic fends off strikes from Israel and the United States in an operation which began Saturday.
Shaking from the quake which happened on Tuesday was reported in surrounding rural areas, but no casualties or major structural damage so far.
Meanwhile, Israel said it is conducting “simultaneous strikes in Tehran and Beirut,” targeting Iranian military sites and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, as its troops intensify their push in Lebanon.
Earlier, the Israeli military said it had struck Iranian missile launchers and air defenses used to “target Israeli Air Force aircraft”.
Israeli jets “will continue to strike against attempts to arm missile launchers” as well as “live fire array sites, missile launchers, and ballistic missiles,” the military said.
Hours before, the US Central Command said American forces “destroyed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military airfields”.
Iran has continued to strike at US allies in the Gulf with aerial attacks overnight.
On Tuesday morning, Iranian drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh causing a minor fire and prompting the diplomatic mission to tell Americans to distance themselves from the compound.
The attack followed an earlier Iranian drone strike on the US embassy in Kuwait.
