Strong Earthquake Hit Southern Iran

World | August 21, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit southern Iran on Thursday. There were no initial reports of damage. The official IRNA news agency said the quake epicentre was northeast of the small southern city of Bam in Kerman province.It occurred at 8:32 local time. A spokesman for the disaster task force in Kerman told Reuters the tremor had occurred in a sparsely populated desert area and there were no immediate reports of any damage. In June last year, a quake hit northern Iran, killing at least 229 people and injuring more than 1,000.

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