Strong earthquake kills 6 in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's state TV says a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in southeastern Iran has killed 6 people and injured 21 others. The strong quake struck Hosseinabad, a small town of a few hundred residents in a sparsely populated region of southeastern Iran, at 22:12 local time (1842 GMT) Monday. The TV report says the tremor also damaged houses and cut off telephone lines. It says the epicenter was at a depth of 3 miles (5 kilometers). Even moderate quakes have killed thousands of people in the past in the Iranian countryside, where houses ...
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