An earthquake measuring 4 degrees on the
open-ended Richter scale shook the city of Dehloran, in the
southwestern province of Ilam on Wednesday morning, IRNA reported.
The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute affiliated to
Tehran University said the tremor, epicentered in Dehloran, occurred
at 04:04 hours local time (2334 GMT on Tuesday).
The quake caused neither casualty nor damage.
Iran is situated on some of the world's most active seismic
faultlines and quakes of varying magnitudes are of usual occurrences.
Since 1991, over 950 earthquakes have hit the country resulting in
17,600 deaths and 53,300 injuries.
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