IRNA - An earthquake measuring 5 on Richter scale rocked Ganaveh in the southern province of Bushehr at 8:48 hours local time (05: 18 GMT) on Monday. According to the Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the epicenter of the quake was registered at 50.79 degrees longitude and 29.71 degrees latitude at ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says a magnitude-4.4 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district some 110 kilometers (70 miles) northwest of Bushehr, home to the Islamic Republic's only operational nuclear power plant. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Iran's official IRNA news agency says the epicenter of the quake was the ...

Bushehr, April 26, IRNA A 4.5-magnitude quake shook Tang Eram suburbs in Bushehr Province at 14:07 hours local time (09:37 GMT) on Sunday. According to the Seismography Center of Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the quake was felt at 29.34 degrees northern latitude and 51.46 degrees eastern longitude on borders of the Fars and Bushehr ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed 32 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said. Authorities said it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on ...

Tehran, May 21, IRNA An earthquake measuring 4.5 on Richter scale shook suburbs of Rig coastal region in southern province of Bushehr Wednesday afternoon. According to a report by seismography center affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 14:16 hours local time (10:46 hours GMT) with its epicenter being at ...

Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA An earthquake measuring 4.3 on theRichter scale shook the vicinity of Vahdatiyeh on borderline between two southern provinces of Fars and Bushehr early on Thursday. According to seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the quake occurred at 03:27 hours local time (1157 GMT on Wednesday). The quake ...

Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA -- An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted the port city Kangan in Bushehr province, Southern Iran, on Friday. The Seismological center of Bushehr province affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 17:51 hours local time (1421 GMT). The epicenter of the quake was located ...

BUSHEHR, Dec. 25 (MNA) Bushehr Province Housing Foundation Village Construction deputy has said the construction master plan in quake-hit regions will be over by the end of the year (ends March 21 2014). Mehr News quoted Gholamreza Zarei in the sideline of his visit to construction master plan for quake-hit areas of Dashti. Currently, the master ...

Tehran, Dec 19, IRNA An earthquake measuring 4.0 on Richter scale jolted town of Khourmoj in southern province of Bushehr on Wednesday evening. According to the report of seismography center affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 22:15:32 hours local time ( 18:45 hours GMT). The epicenter of the quake was ...

Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA A mild earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook the vicinity of Shonbeh in the southern province of Bushehr Tuesday morning. According to seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the quake occurred at 10:29 hours local time (0659 GMT). The quake was epicentered in an area located at ...

A powerful earthquake has hit Iran, killing seven and injuring a further 30, IRNA state news agency reported. The disaster's epicenter was in an area 62km north east of Bushehr, where Iran has a nuclear power plant, according to the USGS. The head of Iran's Crisis Management organization, Hassan Qadami, confirmed the casualties to IRNA. However, there ...

Tehran, Nov 25, IRNA An Earthquake measuring 3.4 on Richter scale jolted surrounding area of Kaki in southern province of Bushehr early Monday morning. According to the report of seismography center affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 01:19 hours local time (21:49 hours GMT) and its epicenter was at 28.30 ...

Tehran, Nov 9, IRNA An earthquake measuring 3.2 on Richter scale jolted surrounding area of Bushehr in the Persian Gulf coast on Saturday evening. According to the report of seismography center affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 22:02 hours local time (18:32 hours GMT) and its epicenter was at 28.92 degrees ...

Iran news headlines on Thursday include Iran reaffirmation on its peaceful nuclear energy; Arabs seekingreassurances fromIran over reactor safety; US lawmakers urgingIrans diminishing oil exports and Chinasupporting dialogon Irans nuclear energy program.   Iranian nation determined to use peaceful nuclear energy: Soltanieh The Iranian ambassador ...

(Reuters) - Arab Gulf states sought reassurances fromIranat a U.N. nuclear agency meeting this week over the safety of its only atomic energy plant, which is located in an earthquake-prone coastal area, diplomats said on Thursday. The Bushehr facility on Iran's Gulf coast is a growing worry for nearby countries: if radiation ever does escape it could ...

Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more of several recent earthquakes, with long cracks appearing in at least one section of the structure, two diplomats said Tuesday. Iran is under U.N. sanctions for refusing to stop nuclear programs ...

An Iranian MP says a recent statement by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano to send experts to check the safety of Bushehr nuclear power plant is political and illogical. Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, the spokesman for the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, said in an interview ...

(Reuters) - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it would be a good idea to send experts to check the safety ofIran's Bushehr nuclear reactor, a day after Iran said its facilities were safe following a nearby earthquake. Iranian officials and theRussian company that built Bushehr, Iran's onlynuclear powerreactor, said it ...

(Reuters) - Iran's nuclear and hydropower facilities are well protected from cyber attacks and even the most powerful earthquakes, Iranian environmental protection chief Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh said on Friday. Iran's onlynuclear powerreactor at Bushehr was unscathed when a strong earthquake that killed 37 people and injured 850 hit close to ...