DUBAI — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Sunday struck Iran's
southern province of Bushehr, where a nuclear power plant is
located, but there
were no immediate reports of major damage, state television said.
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The epicenter of the quake was the town of Rig and hospitals
in nearby cities and provinces were on alert, with rescue teams and 50
ambulances sent to the area, a regional official told state TV.
Electricity and landline telephone and internet in the
regional city of
Gonaveh had been cut off "and people are taking to the
streets for fear of earthquakes," semi-official news agency Tasnim
reported.
An Iranian government official told Reuters there were no
reports of damage at the Bushehr nuclear complex, situated on Iran's Gulf
coast.
The quake was centered 100 km away from the plant and was
relatively shallow - only 10 km deep according to Iranian media - which would
have amplified the shaking.
Iranian media reported nine aftershocks and posted pictures
that showed collapsed mud brick walls in some villages.
Two people were injured in Gonaveh and were being taken to
hospital, state media quoted the head of the Bushehr University of Medical
Sciences, Saeed Kashmiri, as saying.
Crisscrossed by major fault lines, the Islamic Republic is
one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. In 2003, a magnitude
6.6 quake in Kerman province killed 31,000 people and flattened the ancient
city of Bam.
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