Tehran, Feb 29, IRNA -- A tremor with the magnitude of 3.6 on
the open-ended Richter scale hit the outskirts of Bandar Lengeh in the
southern province of Hormuzgan on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the provincial seismological base affiliated to
Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 14:17
hours local time (10:47 GMT).
Its epicenter was at 26.79 degree latitude and 54.65 degree
longitude.
There are no reports of any possible damage to property caused by
the earthquake.
Iran is situated on some of the world's most active seismic
faultlines and quakes of varying magnitudes are usual occurrences.
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