Multiple earthquakes hit southeastern Iran: USGS
Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman was hit by multiple strong quakes on Tuesday and Wednesday, injuring at least 18 people and damaging some 20 houses, state media reported. The first quake of magnitude 5.9 struck on Tuesday morning 35 miles (56 km) north of Kerman, a city with a population of more than 820,000. The tremor, initially reported as a magnitude 6.2 before it was revised downward, was followed by dozens of smaller aftershocks. During the night, early on Wednesday, a stronger quake of magnitude 6.0 struck the same area. It ...
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