Tehran, Feb 27, IRNA -- An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the open-ended
Richter scale jolted suburbs of the town of Lali in Khuzestan
province, south of Iran, Sunday morning, the second hitting the area
in less than five minutes.
The seismological bases affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of
Tehran University reported that the tremor occurred at 05:08 hours
local time (0138 GMT).
The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded at 32/32 degrees
latitude and 49/33 degrees longitude on the outskirts of Lali north of
the provincial capital of Ahvaz.
Another earthquake measuring 4.2 had jolted the area four minutes
earlier at 05:04 hours local time (0134 GMT).
No reports have yet received on probable damage to property caused
by either of the two quakes.
