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Earthquake hits Iranian city

Iran Materials 23 August 2012 16:07 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 23 / Trend T. Jafarov /

An earthquake measuring 3.8 Richter scale occurred in the Iranian city of Shiraz, MEHR reported today.

The seismological center of the Geophysics Institute of the Tehran University registered the tremors today at 01:04 local time.

There is no information on casualties or damage.

An earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude occurred in the north-west of Iran on Aug. 1. More than 300 people died and about 2,500 were injured.

Roughly 110 of 538 villages were completely or partially destroyed as a result of tremors. About 5,000 buildings were damaged.

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