Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Powerful Quake Jolts Southern Iran

10 September 2008

Tehran-A powerful earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale jolted the vicinity of Khamir port near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on Wednesday.

The Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, registered the quake at 15:30 hours local time (11:00 GMT).

The quake spread panic among people who took to the street in search of shelter.

There is no report of any casualty or damage to property caused by the quake.

Iran is often shaken by quakes of varying magnitudes as it sits on some of the world's most active seismic fault lines.

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