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JUST IN: Five Dies As Earthquake Rocks, Injures 44
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Five killed as earthquake rocks southern Iran
- …fatalities reported as earthquake rocks Southern Iran
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a powerful earthquake rocked southern Iran overnight, officials reported on July 2
Iranian state television reported that at least five people had been killed and 44 injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake, the epicenter of which was some 1,000 kilometers south of Tehran in Hormozgan Province.
Rescue workers were on the scene as aftershocks continued to drive locals into the streets.
The early morning earthquake damaged buildings and other structures in the village of Sayeh Khosh, where about 300 people live. It was not clear where the fatalities occurred.
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Iran straddles several tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by seismic fault lines.
In 1990, the country was struck by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in the northern part of the country that killed more than 40,000 people. In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 quake in southern Kerman Province left more than 31,000 people dead.
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