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Two people injured in Iranian East Azarbaijan province earthquake - UPDATE

Iran Materials 28 June 2013 12:17 (UTC +04:00)
An earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale has hit Iranian East Azerbaijan province's Tasouj city today, IRNA news agency reported.
Two people injured in Iranian East Azarbaijan province earthquake - UPDATE

Details added. First version posted on 11:19

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 28 /Trend S.Isayev, D. Khatinoglu

The spokesman of Disaster and Emergency Medical Management Center of East Azarbaijan province, Habib Hosseinggholizadeh said that two people have been injured as a result of the quake, IRNA reported.

However, there are no dead thus far, he said.

According to the report, earthquake occured at 9:43 (local time) in the morning.

Earlier today, an earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale has hit Iranian East Azerbaijan province's Tasouj city.

The earthquake was 15 km in depth, and was felt in the capital of Iranian East Azarbaijan province, the city of Tabriz.

Iran sits astride several major faults in the earthˈs crust, and is prone to frequent earthquakes, many of which have been devastating.

The worst in recent times hit Bam in southeastern Kerman province in December 2003, killing 31,000 people - about a quarter of its population - and destroying the cityˈs ancient mud-built citadel.

The deadliest quake in the country was in June 1990 and measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. About 37,000 people were killed and more than 100,000 injured in the Northwestern provinces of Gilan and Zanjan. It devastated 27 towns and about 1,870 villages.

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