Quakes shake Iran

Published July 13th, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

In Iran, an earthquake measuring 3.4 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale jolted the southern part of Fars province on Sunday morning.  

 

The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute affiliated to Tehran University said the tremor, with its epicenter at 215 kilometers southeast of Shiraz, occurred at 07:30 (local time). There were no reports of any casualty or damage, according to IRNA.  

 

An earthquake measuring 4 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale hit the same area at 05:45 (local time) on Sunday morning as well. (Albawaba.com) 

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