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25 injured in Iran earthquakes: state TV
TEHRAN, July 22, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A series of moderate earthquakes in
southern and western Iran on Sunday injured an estimated 25 people, state
television said.
Two quakes struck a remote region near the town of Lar in the southern
Hormozgan province shortly after 0500 GMT, according to the US Geological
Survey.
The strongest of the two had a magnitude of 5.4.
Another 5.9-magnitude quake struck a rural part of the western Kermanshah
province at 1007 GMT.
An AFP reporter said that quake was “felt strongly” across the border in
Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah province.
State television said some damage had been reported in villages and that
25 people had been injured, without giving details of their locations.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1814 hrs