Shiraz, Fars Prov, Sept 28, IRNA -- An earthquake measuring 3.8
degrees on the open-ended Richter scale shook the town of Zarrindasht
in the southern province of Fars on Monday night.
According to the provincial meteorological base affiliated to
Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at
10:37 p.m. local time (19:07 GMT).
There were no reports of any damage to property.
Iran is situated on some of the world's most active seismic
faultlines and quakes of varying magnitudes are usual occurrences.
