29 Mar 2024
Sunday 28 April 2013 - 18:21
Story Code : 26238

Quake jolts southern Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Bandar Chark in Hormozgan province, Southern Iran, on Sunday.
The Seismological center of Hormozgan province affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 16:41 hours local time (1211 GMT).

The epicenter of the quake was located in an area 54.2 degrees in longitude and 26.8 degrees in latitude.

Iran sits astride several major faults in the earth's crust, and is prone to frequent earthquakes, many of which have been devastating.

The worst in recent times hit Bam in southeastern Kerman province in December 2003, killing 31,000 people - about a quarter of its population - and destroying the city's ancient mud-built citadel.

The deadliest quake in the country was in June 1990 and measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. About 37,000 people were killed and more than 100,000 injured in the northwestern provinces of Gilan and Zanjan. It devastated 27 towns and about 1,870 villages.

By Fars News

 

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