Quake hits southern Iran, no casualties reported
TEHRAN - An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude jolted a mountainous area of southern Iran on Friday but Iranian media said that so far there were no reports of casualties.
The quake took place at 1603 local time (1233 GMT) near Firouzabad in the Fars province. It jolted the mountainous area, Irans state TV quoted Tehran Universitys Seismological Centre as saying.
So far there has been no reports of possible casualties, the official IRNA news agency said.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-11-27 |