Mild Quake Hits Northeastern Iran
An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Anbar-Aloom in Golestan province, Northeastern Iran, on Monday.
The Seismological center of Golestan province affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 00:03 hours local time (1933 GMT).
The epicenter of the quake was located in an area 54.7 degrees in longitude and 37.2 degrees in latitude.
There are yet no reports on the number of possible casualties or damage to properties by the quake.
Iran sits astride several major faults in the earth's crust, and is prone to frequent earthquakes, many of which have been devastating.
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.
Tehran alone sits on two major fault lines, and the capital's 14 million residents fear a major quake.
The last deadly quake in Iran happened on Sept. 10, 2008 when a magnitude-6.1 earthquake killed at least 7 people and injured almost 47 more in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, although there have been a number of moderate quakes which have left many injured.
Source: farsnews.com
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